Understanding Deterrence

ISBN-13: 9780415638999 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 136 str.

Keith B. Payne

Opis

For decades, the rational actor model served as the preferred guide for US deterrence policy. It has been a convenient and comforting guide because it requires little detailed knowledge of an opponent's unique decision-making process and yet provides confident generalizations about how deterrence works. The model tends to postulate common decision-making parameters across the globe to reach generalizations about how deterrence will function and the types of forces that will be 'stabilizing' or 'destabilizing'.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Keith B. Payne  2. Understanding Deterrence  Keith B. Payne  3. God, Nations, and Deterrence: The Impact of Religion on Deterrence  Shmuel Bar  4. Evolutionary Psychology, Cognitive Function, and Deterrence  Thomas Scheber  5. Nuclear Weapons Acquisition and Deterrence  Kurt Guthe

O autorze

Keith B. Payne is President and co-founder of the National Institute for Public Policy, a non-profit research center located in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr Payne is Professor and Head of the Graduate Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, Missouri State University (Washington Campus).