Dangerous thresholds : managing escalation in the 21st century /

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"Escalation is a natural tendency in any form of human competition. When such competition entails military confrontation or war, the pressure to escalate can become intense due to the potential cost of losing contests of deadly force. Cold War-era thinking about escalation focused on the dynami...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Project Air Force (U.S.), United States. Air Force
Otros Autores: Morgan, Forrest E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Project Air Force, 2008.
Colección:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Temas:
2000-2099
Escalation (Military science)
Conflict management.
Security, International.
World politics > 21st century.
Escalade (Science militaire)
Gestion des conflits.
Politique mondiale > 21e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Comparative Politics.
World politics.
armed conflicts > strategy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • Ch. 2. The nature of escalation
  • Ch. 3. China's thinking on escalation: evidence from Chinese military writings
  • Ch. 4. Regional nuclear powers
  • Ch. 5. Escalation in irregular warfare
  • Ch. 6. Managing escalation in a complex world
  • App. A. China, force, and escalation: continuities between historical behavior and contemporary writings
  • App. B. Case studies of escalation in stability operations
  • App. C. Modified method for Delphi analyses.

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