1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910713606203321

Autore

Lombard R. E.

Titolo

Channel geometry, flood elevations, and flood maps, lower Toutle and Cowlitz rivers, Washington, June 1980 to May 1981 / / by R.E. Lombard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tacoma, Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1986

Lakewood, Colo. : , : Open-File Services Section, Western Distribution Branch, U.S. Geological Survey

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 34 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Water-resources investigations report ; ; 85-4080

Soggetti

River channels - Washington (State) - Saint Helens, Mount, Region

Flood routing - Washington (State) - Saint Helens, Mount, Region

Mudflows - Environmental aspects - Washington (State) - Saint Helens, Mount, Region

Flood routing

River channels

Toutle River (Wash.) Channels

Cowlitz River (Wash.) Channels

Saint Helens, Mount (Wash.) Eruption, 1980 Environmental aspects

Washington (State) Cowlitz River

Washington (State) Mount Saint Helens

Washington (State) Toutle River

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (page 34).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785897103321

Autore

Lieberman Elli <1951-, >

Titolo

Reconceptualizing deterrence : nudging toward rationality in Middle Eastern rivalries / / Elli Lieberman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-60664-X

9786613919090

1-136-23089-0

0-203-10037-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Routledge global security studies

Disciplina

355.0217

355.033051

355/.033051

Soggetti

Security, International - Middle East

Deterrence (Strategy)

Strategic rivalries (World politics)

Strategic culture - Middle East

Middle East Politics and government 1945-

Middle East Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Reconceptualizing Deterrence Nudging toward retionality in Middle Eastern rivalries; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Theoretical considerations; 2 The Egyptian-Israeli rivalry, 1948-1973; 3 The Israeli-Hezbollah rivalry; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a reconceptualisation of conventional deterrence theory, and applies it to enduring rivalries in the Middle East. The work argues that many of the problems encountered in the development of deterrence theory lay in the fact that it was developed during the Cold War, when the immediate problem it had to address was how to prevent catastrophic nuclear wars. The logic of nuclear deterrence compelled a preoccupation with the problem of stability over credibility; however, because the logic of conventional deterrence is different, the solution



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