The Strategic Triangle: An Elementary Game-Theoretical Analysis

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. The Contributors vii
4. Preface ix
5. Power Analysis and World Politics: New Trends versus Old Tendencies 1
6. The Strategic Triangle: An Elementary Game-Theoretical Analysis 37
7. Strategic Studies and Its Critics 68
8. Tilting Toward Thanatos: America's “Countervailing” Nuclear Strategy 81
9. Beyond Rational Deterrence: The Struggle For New Conceptions 103
10. Why Big Nations Lose Small Wars: The Politics of Asymmetric Conflict 126
11. Hypotheses on Misperception 152
12. Failures in National Intelligence Estimates: The Case of the Yom Kippur War 178
13. Analysis, War, and Decision: Why Intelligence Failures Are Inevitable 211
14. National Security Advice to U.S. Presidents: Some Lessons from Thirty Years 240