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Part 1 Paradoxical causes of war: the para bellum paradox the threat of stability and the stability of threats - the paradox of successful deterrence wars that nobody wanted and everybody tried to prevent - the paradox of crisis escalation. Part 2 Paradoxes of war management: the paradox of attrition the paradox of surprise the ally's paradox. Part 3 Paradoxical consequences of war: the paradox of power and war outcomes phyrric victories, or nothing fails like success loser's paradoxes - the view from the pit paradoxical lessons from paradoxical wars.
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