Description & Citation

Description & Citation--Study No. 9000 Bibliographic Description Scope of Study Methodology Access and Availability
Bibliographic Description
ICPSR Study No.:	9000

Persistent URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09000

Title:	War Ledger Data, 1870-1974

Principal Investigator(s):	A.F.K. Organski

	Jacek Kugler

Bibliographic Citation:	Organski, A.F.K., and Jacek Kugler. WAR LEDGER DATA, 1870-1974 [Computer file]. Ann Arbor, MI: A.F.K. Organski and Jacek Kugler, University of Michigan [producers], 198?. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1986. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09000

Scope of Study
Summary:	This study examines the relationship between national power and war. In the first dataset, the conditions preceding the outbreak of war are examined. In particular, the links between national growth and the onset of war are addressed. The second dataset contains variables which measure national capabilities and estimate political capacities. The third dataset relates to the consequences of war in terms of national power and growth. The final two datasets concern nuclear deterrence: the fourth dataset contains crisis data to test whether deterrence works, and the last dataset contains information on U.S. and U.S.S.R. defense expenditures in order to establish if the two major nuclear powers are in a nuclear arms race.

Subject Term(s):	arms race, armaments, armed conflict, armed forces, defense expenditures, economic conditions, Gross National Product, international affairs SUBJECT.TERM = international conflict, military affairs, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, war

Geographic Coverage:	Global

Time Period:	1870 - 1974

Universe:	Part 1: International conflicts in which major powers actively participated. Part 2: All nations involved in international conflict. Part 3: Nations involved in World Wars I and II. Part 4: All crisis events from 1945-1974. Part 5: U.S. and U.S.S.R. defense spending and resources 1945-1978.

Data Type:	aggregate data

Methodology
Sample:	Part 1: Conflicts where major powers actively participated, or major powers made all-out effort to win conflict, or where there was a potential loss of territory or population. This includes the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 and World Wars I and II. Part 2: All nations involved in conflict where data was available for the relevant time frame. Part 3: Nations involved in World Wars I and II. Part 4: All crisis events from 1945-1974 and the nations involved in them. Part 5: U.S. and U.S.S.R. defense spending and resources, 1945-1978.

Access and Availability
Note:	A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

Original ICPSR Release:	1986-04-28

Version History:	The last update of this study occurred on 2006-01-12.

	2006-01-12 - All files were removed from dataset 6 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

Dataset(s):	DS1: Causes of War DS2: National Capabilities DS3: GNP Index DS4: Crisis Events Data DS5: U.S./U.S.S.R. Arms Race

Description & Citation

Description & Citation--Study No. 9000

Bibliographic Description

Scope of Study

Methodology

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