Escalation and Nuclear Option

by Bernard Brodie

Book Overview

This work stresses the importance, in making any choice of strategies-including the decision to use or refrain from using nuclear weapons-of gauging the intent behind the opponent's military moves. Dr. Brodie also suggests that the use or threat of use of tactical nuclear weapons may lead to de-escalation, that is, may check rather than promote the expansion of hostilities. The author applies his ideas about escalation to several imagined situations,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691650462
• ISBN13: 9780691650463
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"