Arms and Influence
$43.76
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2020
Summary
“This is a brilliant and hardheaded book. It will frighten those who prefer not to dwell on the unthinkable and infuriate those who have taken refuge in stereotypes and moral attitudinizing.“—Gordon A. Craig, New York Times Book Review
“A grim but carefully reasoned and coldly analytical book… . One of the most frightening previews which this reviewer has ever seen of the roads that lie just ahead in warfare.“—Los Angeles Times
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300246742 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0300246749 |
| Author: | Thomas C. Schelling, Anne-Marie Slaughter |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2020 |
| Weight: | 290g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Veritas Paperbacks |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“This is a brilliant and hardheaded book. It will frighten those who prefer not to dwell on the unthinkable and infuriate those who have taken refuge in stereotypes and moral attitudinizing.”—Gordon A. Craig, New York Times Book Review“Of great value especially to people who are relative newcomers to the field… . It has, like everything of Schelling’s, some quite novel and original ideas.”—Bernard Brodie
About The Author
Thomas C. Schelling
Thomas C. Schelling (1921–2016) was Distinguished University Professor, Department of Economics and School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland. He was corecipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics.
Anne-Marie Slaughter is president and CEO of New America, former director of policy planning at the U.S. State Department, and former dean of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
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