Inadvertent Escalation: The Anxieties of Autonomy in Enlightenment Philosophy and Romantic Literature

by Barry R. Posen

Book Overview

In this sobering book, Barry R. Posen demonstrates how the interplay between conventional military operations and nuclear forces could, in conflicts among states armed with both conventional and nuclear weaponry, inadvertently produce pressures for nuclear escalation. Knowledge of these hidden pressures, he believes, may help some future decision maker avoid catastrophe.Building a formidable argument that moves with cumulative force, he details...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801425638
• ISBN13: 9780801425639
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher