The Amateur Strategist - Intuitive Deterrence Theories and the Politics of the Nuclear Arms Race

This book explores how the everyday person reasons about nuclear strategy.

Sommario

1. Introduction; 2. A primer on the Cold War nuclear debate; 3. An introduction to intuitive deterrence theories; 4. Competing hypotheses about nuclear thinking; 5. The novice strategists; 6. The intuitive calculus of nuclear deterrence; 7. Statistical tests of the intuitive nuclear calculus; 8. Expert nuclear reasoning; 9. The factional politics of strategy and the end of the Cold War arms race; 10. Nuclear thinking after the cold war.

Riassunto

This book, first published in 1995, explores how the everyday person reasons about nuclear strategy. James DeNardo's discovery that the amateur's strategic reasoning defies all conventional theories lays the groundwork for a new understanding of national security politics, and challenges the intellectual foundations of modern deterrence theory, public opinion studies, and game theory.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: James DeNardo
• Con la collaborazione di: Dennis Chong (Editore), James H. Kuklinski (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 25.01.2013
• EAN: 9780521481212
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48121-2
• Pagine: 330
• Dimensioni: 157 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Peso: 630 g
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Political; Cambridge Studies in Political
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva