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The strategy of conflict

Schelling, t.c.

9780674840317 - The strategy of conflict
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A series of closely interrelated essays on game theory, this book deals with an area in which progress has been least satisfactory the situations where there is a common interest as well as conflict between adversaries: negotiations, war and threats of war, criminal deterrence, extortion, tacit bargaining. It proposes enlightening similarities between, for instance, maneuvering in limited war and in a traffic jam; deterring the Russians and ones own children; the modern strategy of terror and the ancient institution of hostages.

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Author Schelling, t.c.
ISBN/EAN 9780674840317
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Article description

A series of closely interrelated essays on game theory, this book deals with an area in which progress has been least satisfactory the situations where there is a common interest as well as conflict between adversaries: negotiations, war and threats of war, criminal deterrence, extortion, tacit bargaining. It proposes enlightening similarities between, for instance, maneuvering in limited war and in a traffic jam; deterring the Russians and ones own children; the modern strategy of terror and the ancient institution of hostages.

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Author Schelling, t.c.
ISBN/EAN 9780674840317