Traditionally, americans have viewed war as an alternative to diplomacy, and military strategy as the science of victory. This book shows how schelling s thinking is much more than a reaction to the tensions of the cold war. Schelling says, bargaining power, and the exploitation of this power, for good or evil, to preserve peace or to threaten war, is diplomacythe diplomacy of violence. Arms and influence available for download and read online in other formats. Schelling is available at in several formats for your ereader. The author concentrates in this book on the way in which military capabilitiesreal or imaginedare used, skillfully or clumsily, as bargaining power. This is an influential book written during the cold war addressing the concept of deterrence. An essay on thomas schellings arms and influence classics of. Pdf arms and influence download full pdf book download. Download citation arms and influence the author concentrates in this book n. Schelling is professor of economics at harvard and acting director of harvards center for international affairs.
Arms and influence with a new preface and afterword 1st. Schelling traditionally, americans have viewed war as an alternative to diplomacy, and military strategy as the science of victory. Even a genius such as clausewitz did not clearly perceive the nonzerosum nature of war, the fundamental property around which schelling builds his models of cooperation and conflict reflections on thomas schelling1. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. The authors purpose is to discuss the diplomacy of violence in which states use the ability to cause harm to other nations as bargaining power deterrence and compellence. Schelling says, bargaining power, and the exploitation of this power, for good or evil, to preserve peace or to threaten war, is diplomacythe diplomacy of.
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