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Dangerous thresholds : managing escalation in the 21st century /
"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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, CA :
RAND Project Air Force,
2008.
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| Series: | Rand Corporation monograph series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.