Interesting analysis. I would suggest the procedure for war goes something like this: - Incompatible aims of the parties (in wars of aggression this may be ex

Interesting analysis. I would suggest the procedure for war goes something like this: - Incompatible aims of the parties (in wars of aggression this may be expansion vs sovereignty) - Miscalculation (failure to understand and accommodate the incompatible aims, if such compromise could even be found, and failure to appreciate the other's resolve to make those aims) - Momentum (war has it's own terrible escalatory logic)