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Description & Citation
Description & Citation--Study No. 9955 | |
Bibliographic Description | |
| ICPSR Study No.: | 9955 |
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| Persistent URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09955 |
| Title: | Great Power Wars, 1495-1815 |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Jack S. Levy |
| Funding Agency: | National Science Foundation. |
| Grant Number: | SES86-10567 |
| Bibliographic Citation: | Levy, Jack S. GREAT POWER WARS, 1495-1815 [Computer file]. New Brunswick, NJ and Houston, TX: Jack S. Levy and T. Clifton Morgan [producers], 1989. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1994. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09955 |
Scope of Study | |
| Summary: | This study identifies "great power" wars, i.e., major-minor wars, or those involving at least one great power on each side. In order to exclude protracted conflicts with low levels of fighting, an annual average of 1,000 battle deaths was required for inclusion in this collection. Great powers are defined as countries or states that play a major role in international politics with respect to security-related issues. Such powers must have a high level of military capability relative to other states and be able to project military power beyond their borders with the option of using force, or the threat of force, to help shape their external environment. They play a large role in international organizations and politics and are perceived as great powers by other members of the international community. Variables in this collection include the duration of each war, its severity in terms of the number of battle-connected deaths, the extent of the war (defined as the number of great powers participating in the fighting), magnitude of the war (combining extent and duration indicators), and the concentration of war (the ratio of severity to magnitude). |
| Subject Term(s): | defense (military), international conflict, international relations, military strength, national security, war, war deaths, world politics |
| Geographic Coverage: | Global |
| Time Period: | 1495 - 1815 |
| Date(s) of Collection: | 1986 - 1989 |
| Universe: | All wars from 1495 to 1815 in which the sum of fatalities for all participants was at least 1,000. |
| Data Type: | event/transaction data |
Methodology | |
| Data Source: | Monographs, encyclopedias, and journals. See the bibliography at the end of the codebook for full citations. |
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: | 1994-05-20 |
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