As two adversaries accumulate a longer history of conflict, their rivalry relationship tends to become ‘locked-in’ or entrenched, with future conflict becoming increasingly difficult to avoid; characteristics of their past confrontations can hasten or reverse this movement toward rivalry.
Paul Hensel — As two adversaries accumulate a longer history of conflict,
As two adversaries accumulate a longer history of conflict, their rivalry relationship tends to become ‘locked-in’ or entrenched, with future conflict becoming increasingly difficult to avoid; characteristics of their past confrontations can hasten or reverse this movement toward rivalry.