The Strategy of Conflict: With a New Preface by the AuthorA 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 one’s own children; the modern strategy of terror and the ancient institution of hostages. |
Contents
The Retarded Science of International Strategy | 3 |
An Essay on Bargaining | 21 |
Bargaining Communication and Limited War | 53 |
Toward a Theory of Interdependent Decision | 83 |
Enforcement Communication and Strategic | 119 |
Game Theory and Experimental Research | 162 |
Randomization of Promises and Threats | 175 |
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