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Author Harvey, Frank P., author.

Title The future's back : nuclear rivalry, deterrence theory, and crisis stability after the Cold War / Frank P. Harvey
Published Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [1997]
©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 192 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Cumulation in International Relations: Methodological Constraints and Solutions -- 2. Nuclear Deterrence: The Record of Aggregate Testing -- 3. New Directions for Aggregate Testing -- 4. Game Theory and Superpower Rivalry, 1948-88 -- 5. U.S.-Soviet Rivalry and Nuclear Deterrence -- 6. Nuclear Stability after the Cold War -- 7. Conventional Deterrence and Compellence Theory: Perspectives on Testing after the Cold War
Summary The Future's Back provides a valuable framework for organizing and evaluating research on superpower rivalry and nuclear deterrence. Arguing that previous critiques of rational choice and deterrence theory are unconvincing, Frank Harvey constructs a new set of empirical tests of rational deterrence theory to illuminate patterns of interaction between rival nuclear powers. He analyses the crisis management techniques used by the United States and the Soviet Union in twenty-eight post-war crises and isolates factors that promote or inhibit escalation of these crises. This "crises"--Based data set serves as a basis for identifying patterns of response when one nuclear state is threatened by another. The Future's Back offers new directions for testing that emphasize a more unified approach to theory building and assesses the feasibility of alternative courses of action to prevent escalation of future disputes characterized by nuclear rivalry
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-188) and index
Notes English
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Subject Deterrence (Strategy)
Nuclear warfare.
World politics -- 1989-
Nuclear crisis stability.
Nuclear crisis control.
Security, International.
Nuclear Warfare
nuclear wars.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Arms Control.
HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
Security, International
Nuclear crisis stability
Nuclear crisis control
Deterrence (Strategy)
Nuclear warfare
World politics
Ost-West-Konflikt
Beendigung
Kernwaffe
Machtpolitik
Abschreckung
Militärpolitik
Militärisches Gleichgewicht
Form Electronic book
LC no. 98215145
ISBN 9780773566569
0773566562
1282854461
9781282854468
9786612854460
6612854464
Other Titles Future is back