Beschreibung:
In this widely discussed and influential book, Herman Kahn probes the dynamics of escalation and demonstrates how the intensification of conflict can be depicted by means of a definite escalation ladder, ascent of which brings opponents closer to all-out war
1: Introduction; 2: The Rungs of The Escalation Ladder; 3: Disagreements and Subcrisis Maneuvering; 4: Traditional Crises; 5: Intense Crises; 6: The Nuclear Threshold 1; 7: Bizarre Crises and Exemplary Central Attacks; 8: The Importance of Crises Concepts; 9: Military and Civilian Central Wars; 10: Some Comments On "War-Fighting"; 11: Defects of The Escalation-Ladder Metaphor; 12: De-escalation And Its Aftermath; 13: Other Aspects of Escalation And Crises