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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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