Elements of deterrence : strategy, technology, and complexity in global politics /
"Deterrence theory emerged early in the Cold War, as logicians and practitioners grappled with the new threat environment posed by nuclear weapons. Today, strategists and operators are confronting a novel set of technological challenges (cyberattacks, drones, space weapons, subversion), all in...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Deterrence theory emerged early in the Cold War, as logicians and practitioners grappled with the new threat environment posed by nuclear weapons. Today, strategists and operators are confronting a novel set of technological challenges (cyberattacks, drones, space weapons, subversion), all in the context of a highly interdependent global economy. While policy makers aspire to integrate deterrence into a broader "whole of government" approach, deterrence is not a panacea for complexity. Elements of Deterrence presents detailed arguments and empirical evidence demonstrating that the practice of deterrence involves complex trade-offs between multiple political goals pursued via increasingly specialized military (and non-military) instruments. The result is a generalization of the standard deterrence framework and a more dynamic synthesis of venerable themes in deterrence theory"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 466 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0197754473 9780197754481 0197754481 9780197754467 0197754465 9780197754474 |