In Waves of War,Andreas Wimmer Takes a Novel Approach to the Historical

question 70

Multiple Choice

In Waves of War,Andreas Wimmer takes a novel approach to the historical study of wars and revolutions in that:

• A) he considers only European countries in his analysis
• B) he includes countries that had only successful revolutions
• C) he uses formal modeling and statistical techniques to analyze hundreds of cases at the same time
• D) his main sources of information were newspaper accounts written as events unfolded
• E) the analysis focuses only on wars and revolutions that have occurred in the era of modern warfare (post-1900)

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