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Escalation and Nuclear Option /
This work stresses the importance, in making any choice of strategies-including the decision to use or refrain from using nuclear weapons-of gauging the intent behind the opponent's military moves. Dr. Brodie also suggests that the use or threat of use of tactical nuclear weapons may lead to de...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
2173 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Introduction
- I. Escalatory Fears and the Effectiveness of Local Resistance
- II. The Analytical Problem
- III. The Relevant Image of the Opponent
- IV. The Attenuation of Incentives For "Going First"
- V. What Is the Enemy Up To?
- VI. The Status Quo as a Standard
- VII. On Enemy Capabilities Versus Intentions
- VIII. The New and Different Europe
- IX. How Big an Attack?
- X. The "Firebreak" Theory
- XI. Predicting the Probabilities of Escalation: Some Sample Cases
- Appendix. The Intractability of States: A Distinctive Problem
- Index