The Strategy of Conflict'In eminently lucid and often charming language, Professor Schelling's work opens to rational analysis a crucial field of politics, the international politics of threat, or as the current term goes, of deterrence. In this field, the author's analysis goes beyond what has been done by earlier writers. It is the best, most incisive, and most stimulating book on the subject.' |
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Page 37
... chance " which recognizes that , in the events that led up to an accident , there was some point at which the accident became inevitable as a result of prior actions , and that the abilities of the two parties to prevent it may not have ...
... chance " which recognizes that , in the events that led up to an accident , there was some point at which the accident became inevitable as a result of prior actions , and that the abilities of the two parties to prevent it may not have ...
Page 97
... chance of guessing a coin . But in the common - interest version they must somehow use the labeling of the stations in order to do better than pure chance ; and how to use it may depend more on imagination than on logic , more on poetry ...
... chance of guessing a coin . But in the common - interest version they must somehow use the labeling of the stations in order to do better than pure chance ; and how to use it may depend more on imagination than on logic , more on poetry ...
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... chance . he can do nothing but wish that the numbers in the lower right- hand cell were not so unattractive . But if he can randomize his threat he can in fact " scale it down " to reduce somewhat the high cost of failure . If , for ...
... chance . he can do nothing but wish that the numbers in the lower right- hand cell were not so unattractive . But if he can randomize his threat he can in fact " scale it down " to reduce somewhat the high cost of failure . If , for ...
Contents
The Retarded Science of International Strategy | 3 |
An Essay on Bargaining | 21 |
Bargaining Communication and Limited War | 53 |
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