War studies connects military procurement to the problem of preventing war. Conventional deterrence and conflict management ask how states keep disputes from ending in armed conflict. The run-up to World War I provides a historical example of how a crisis can escape control. Procurement enters the argument because governments choose military assets for the conditions in which deterrence and conflict management must work, as well as for combat.
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Procuring military capability for peace
Procurement for peace begins with conventional deterrence and conflict management: how states try to prevent war and keep crises under control.