SOME PATTERNS IN THE HISTORY OF VIOLENCE,

Abstract

The paper is aimed at describing systematic trends in the violence between political groups. The report is in two parts. Part one describes the formulation of an empirical test for the existence of (1) a short (15-30 year) term and (2) a long (80-120 year) term periodic fluctuation in the historical occurrence of war. The research described in part one is based, largely, on empirical (versus theoretical) generalizations. That is, not much concern is given to the 'why' of such patterns. The second part of the paper speculates about several possible reasons for these patterns. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0653175

Entities

People

  • Frank H. Denton
  • Warren Phillips

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Social Problems
  • Social Sciences
  • Violence

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.