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

• Autore: Lieberman Elli <1951-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (329 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.0217; 355.033051; 355/.033051
• Soggetto topico: Security, International - Middle East; Deterrence (Strategy); Strategic rivalries (World politics); Strategic culture - Middle East
• Soggetto geografico: Middle East Politics and government 1945-; Middle East Foreign relations
• 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 of the tension between credi
• Titolo autorizzato: Reconceptualizing deterrence
• ISBN: 1-283-60664-X; 9786613919090; 1-136-23089-0; 0-203-10037-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814954803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Global Security Studies