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1 online resource (337 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Introduction to the Transaction Edition; Foreword to the Paperback Edition; Acknowledgments; Preface; I. INTRODUCTION; Escalation in Brief; The Strike and ""Chicken"" Metaphors; Sources of Control and Cooperation in International Society; The Question of Who, Whom, and Why; Some Examples of the Importance of Who, Whom, and Why; An Example of Restraint and Negotiation in Total War (World War II); A ""Standard Crisis"" Scenario; II. THE RUNGS OF THE ESCALATION LADDER; A Useful Metaphor; Description of the Rungs and Thresholds |
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Subcrisis ManeuveringTraditional Crises (The Boat Is Rocked); Intense Crises (The Unthinkable Nuclear War Becomes Credible); Bizarre Crises (Nuclear Weapons Are Used); Exemplary Central Attacks (Violating the Central Sanctuary -- Nuclear Gunboat Diplomacy); Military Central Wars (The New Kind of All-Out War); Civilian Central Wars (Violation of the ""No-City"" Threshold); III. DISAGREEMENTS AND SUBCRISIS MANEUVERING; Basic Description and Definition; The Rungs of Subcrisis Maneuvering; Rung 1. Ostensible Crisis; Rung 2. Political, Economic, and Diplomatic Gestures |
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Rung 3. Solemn and Formal DeclarationsRationality-of-Irrationality and Committal Strategies; The Rung 2 Escalation of the Summer of 1964; IV. TRADITIONAL CRISES; Basic Description and Definition; The Rungs of Traditional Crises; Rung 4. Hardening of Positions-Confrontation of Wills; Rung 5. Show of Force; Rung 6. Significant Mobilization; Rung 7. ""Legal"" Harassment-Retortions; Rung 8. Harassing Acts of Violence; Rung 9. Dramatic Military Confrontations; A Recent Example of a ""Traditional Crisis"" Scenario; V. INTENSE CRISES; Basic Description and Definition; The Rungs of Intense Crises |
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Rung 10. Provocative Breaking Off of Diplomatic RelationsRung 11. Super-Ready Status; Rung 12. Large Conventional War (or Actions); Rung 13. Large Compound Escalation; Rung 14. Declaration of Limited Conventional War; Rung 15. Barely Nuclear War; Rung 16. Nuclear Ultimatums -- Rung 17. Limited Evacuation (Approximately 20 per cent); Rung 18. Spectacular Show or Demonstration of Force; Rung 19. Justifiable Counterforce Attacks; Rung 20. Peaceful World-Wide Embargo or Blockade; VI. THE NUCLEAR THRESHOLD; The Saliency of the Nuclear Threshold |
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The Nuclear Threshold as a Prototype RestraintThe Nuclear Consensus -An Example of Systems Bargaining; The Considerations to Be Examined; Some Disadvantages to the U.S.; Pressures for Continued Escalation; The Immediate Consequences on the Wider Power Balance; Effects on Stability, the Arms Race, and Nuclear Proliferation; Some Additional Arguments in Favor of a Breach of the Nuclear Threshold; Recapitulation and Concluding Remarks on Preserving the Nuclear Threshold; Application of the ""No Nuclear Use"" Discussion to the Other Basic Thresholds |
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VII. BIZARRE CRISES AND EXEMPLARY CENTRAL ATTACKS |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Escalation (Military science)
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Escalation (Military science)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schelling, Thomas C
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| ISBN |
9781351502214 |
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1351502212 |
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