Combat Data and the 3
1 Rule
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11263004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Trevor Nevitt Dupuy (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 195 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Security (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2889 • E-ISSN: 1531-4804 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2538771 |
| OpenAlex | W1981923555 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 2 |
To The Editors: I have some observations regarding John J. Mearsheimer's article, Assessing Conventional Balance: The 3:1 Rule and its Critics, in Spring 1989 issue of International Security.' The ostensible purpose of Mearsheimer's article was to reply to an article by Joshua Epstein in Spring 1988 issue of International Security.2 In fact Mearsheimer devoted a substantial proportion of his article to direct and indirect attacks on me, my writings and my data bases, and he devoted all 10 pages of an appendix to correcting my data. Space limitations preclude a complete response, so I shall focus my comments upon most important of Mearsheimer's errors. Mearsheimer's indirect attacks on me relate to what he calls the wellknown and widely accepted 3:1 rule of thumb (Mearsheimer, p. 54). The direct attacks challenge accuracy and reliability of data in several of my publications
Political science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Peacebuilding and International Security
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 2025 (35) |
| Highly cited | No |