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... potential force . It is concerned with persuading a potential enemy that he should in his own interest avoid certain courses of activity . There is an im- portant difference between the intellectual skills required for carrying out a ...
... potential force . It is concerned with persuading a potential enemy that he should in his own interest avoid certain courses of activity . There is an im- portant difference between the intellectual skills required for carrying out a ...
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... potential outcome , given the array of alternatives available to both parties , they have a " common interest " in the sense intended in the text . " Potential common interest " might seem more descriptive . Deterrence , for example ...
... potential outcome , given the array of alternatives available to both parties , they have a " common interest " in the sense intended in the text . " Potential common interest " might seem more descriptive . Deterrence , for example ...
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... potential influences on the outcome with no prima facie claim to pre - eminence . Explicit statements of the relation between symmetry and ra- tionality have been given by John Harsanyi . He says , " The bar- gaining problem has an ...
... potential influences on the outcome with no prima facie claim to pre - eminence . Explicit statements of the relation between symmetry and ra- tionality have been given by John Harsanyi . He says , " The bar- gaining problem has an ...
Contents
The Retarded Science of International Strategy | 3 |
An Essay on Bargaining | 21 |
Bargaining Communication and Limited War | 53 |
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