- Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 235 pages)
- Uniform Title
- Threats (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Threats (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- A non-threatening start -- The Clausewitz cop-out -- What's to come -- Don't tread on them -- Warnings and mimics -- Deimatic deeds -- Truth-telling? -- Hawks, doves and other gamesters -- Shrimp salad -- Vocal threats -- Sex, subterfuge, and snoopers -- Crime and the threat of punishment -- Permanent punishment -- Religion as response to threats -- Oh, hell! -- Dealing with death -- Gunning for something (if not someone) -- National populism and vice versa -- Conventional deterrence -- Nuclear deterrence 101 -- A multitude of myths -- What has it done for us lately? -- Close calls -- Self-undermining threats -- The incredible dilemma of extension and escalation -- Irrational reliance on rationality -- Counterforce's counter-logic -- An oxymoronic morality -- How much is enough? -- Prisoner's dilemmas and fried chickens -- Strategic defense? -- How do you solve the problem of Korea? -- Failure is an option -- A prescription.
- LCCN
- 2020004434
- OCLC
- ssj0002454009
- Author
Barash, David P.
- Title
Threats [electronic resource] : intimidation and its discontents / David P. Barash.
- Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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