Why Wars Widen

Stacy Berstorm Haldi gained a PhD in International Relations from the University of Chicago in 2000. She is currently Professor of Strategy and Policy at the US Naval War College.

• 1. Predation, Balancing and Political Cost 2. The Seven Years' War 3. The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 4. The Crimean War 5. World War 1

'Haldi's model serves as a pertinent explanation of why some of the wars of the past three centuries have spread whilst others have remained isolated, as well as a useful tool for predicting the likelihood of war-widening in the twenty-first century.'Dennis M. Foster, The Journal of Conflict Studies, Winter 2004