Military deterrence in history:  a pilot cross-historical survey

"None of the administrative . . . [factors] we examined proved to have any clear relationship with war frequency" (336)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Point-biserial correlation	Partially supported	above .10	`UNKNOWN`	One-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Administrative Factors	`UNKNOWN`	Chief Executive
War Frequency	`UNKNOWN`	Instigation Of War

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Naroll, Raoul	1974	"The geographical factors we studied have had little if any relationship to war frequency among the Conspicuous States we studied . . . . War tended to be slightly less frequent when the Conspicuous States shared a common land boundary with their Conspicuous Rivals" (332)	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Udy, Stanley H., Jr.	1962	". . . administrative rationality involves relative independence of the organization from its social setting" (304)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Leavitt, Gregory C.	1977	The increasing frequency of differentiation in societies will be positively associated with an increase in external war, civil war, and riots (feuding will decrease in frequency as societies become increasingly differentiated) (54)	`UNKNOWN`	5	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Udy, Stanley H., Jr.	1962	The most rational organizations tend to have independent proprietorships (305)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roes, Frans L.	2003	Frequency of conflict and war will be positively associated with society size (127).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author