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Arms and Influence

Thomas C. Schelling

How threats, restraint, and risk shape bargaining between armed rivals, from limited war and nuclear crises to the fragile convention against nuclear use.

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8 parts, about 27 minutes to read.

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Thomas C. Schelling
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8 parts
Reading time
about 27 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. 1. The Diplomacy of Violence3 min
  2. 2. The Art of Commitment6 min
  3. 3. The Manipulation of Risk3 min
  4. 4. The Idiom of Military Action4 min
  5. 5. The Diplomacy of Ultimate Survival3 min
  6. 6. The Dynamics of Mutual Alarm4 min
  7. 7. The Dialogue of Competitive Armament2 min
  8. Afterword: An Astonishing Sixty Years2 min

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