Contents: Preface -- 1. War is a racket: in memory of Smedley Butler -- 2. The causes of war -- 3. War versus peace …: the outcome of a binary process -- 4. Imperialism as an enterprise -- 5. Wars of aggression and false flags -- 6. War … profiteering, the military-industrial complex and the deep state -- 7. A taxonomy of war profiteers -- 8. Banks as war profiteers …

various dimensions embracing world wars, regional conflicts, terrorism and the role of peacekeeping in conflict prevention …

By defining political economy and war in the broadest sense, this unique Handbook brings together a wide range of …. These include an analysis of why wars begin, how wars are waged, what happens after war has ceased, and the various … alternatives to war. Other sections explore civil war and revolution, the arms trade, economic and political systems, and post …

, the costs of ignoring uncertainty, and the value of flexibility. Our results show that ignoring risk has quantifiable … traditional deterministic planning methods. Furthermore, the best plan under a risk-neutral criterion can differ from the best … under risk-aversion. …

Risiko- und Aufgabenspektrum eingeleitet. Grundfrage war und bleibt, welche Rolle das vereinte Deutschland künftig …