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Arms and Influence: With a New Preface and Afterword (The Henry L. Stimson Lectures Series) Paperback – November 5, 2008

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Traditionally, Americans have viewed war as an alternative to diplomacy, and military strategy as the science of victory. Today, however, in our world of nuclear weapons, military power is not so much exercised as threatened. It is,

Mr. Schelling says, bargaining power, and the exploitation of this power, for good or evil, to preserve peace or to threaten war, is diplomacy—the diplomacy of violence. The author concentrates in this book on the way in which military capabilities—real or imagined—are used, skillfully or clumsily, as bargaining power. He sees the steps taken by the U.S. during the Berlin and Cuban crises as not merely preparations for engagement, but as signals to an enemy, with reports from the adversary's own military intelligence as our most important diplomatic communications. Even the bombing of North Vietnam, Mr. Schelling points out, is as much coercive as tactical, aimed at decisions as much as bridges. He carries forward the analysis so brilliantly begun in his earlier The Strategy of Conflict (1960) and Strategy and Arms Control (with Morton Halperin, 1961), and makes a significant contribution to the growing literature on modern war and diplomacy. Stimson Lectures.

Mr. Schelling is professor of economics at Harvard and acting director of Harvard's Center for International Affairs.

"An exemplary text on the interplay of national purpose and military force."—Book Week. "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. "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 the stereotypes and moral attitudinizing."—New York Times Book Review.

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"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

"An exemplary text on the interplay of national purpose and military force."―Eric Larrabee, Book Week

"Well worth reading and there will be few who do so that do not find an idea or line of inquiry emerging in their own later thinking that owes its inspiration to Professor Schelling's lively analysis."―American Political Science 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

"Extends his classic Strategy of Conflict to provide timely, timeless guidance for statecraft."—Graham Allison, author of Nuclear Terrorism: the Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe

"Tom Schelling is the most significant nuclear strategist of the past half-century. Arms and Influence was essential reading for any serious student of the subject throughout the Cold War. With his new preface and foreword, Schelling demonstrates that in a world facing the threat of nuclear terrorism and belligerent states such as North Korea and Iran, his ideas and examples are vital if we are to continue 'the tradition of non-use' of these ultimate weapons of devastation."—Michael Nacht, University of California, Berkeley

"Tom Schelling helped shape the way we think about contemporary strategy and nuclear weapons. This important book demonstrates his originality, range, and rigor."―Lawrence Freedman, King's College London

About the Author

Thomas C. Schelling is Distinguished University Professor, Department of Economics and School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland and Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, Harvard University. He is co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press; Revised edition (November 5, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300143370
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300143379
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.1 x 0.84 x 7.9 inches

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Mooonshinefunk

Essential reading for foreign and security policy

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This is one of the few books I’d say are absolutely required reading for anyone interested and certainly working in foreign policy, and especially security issues. But I also think it would be helpful along with strategy and conflict for others in business and negotiations because a lot of its wisdom is applicable to other fields. The best description I ever heard of this book is every paragraph is worthy of a Phd dissertation topic.

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Dan

Much of game theory is not intuitive, therefore this ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2016

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Much of game theory is not intuitive, therefore this may be a difficult read. If one has taken mathematical proofs, first order logic, etc. one should garner a working understanding of the material.

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Kenneth H.

The author has a vast knowledge of arms control, ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2015

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The author has a vast knowledge of arms control, limitations and the power of the atom. A difficult read for me but a very impressive book.

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Paul Davis

What's old is new again

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2014

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While much of the book revolves around US Soviet nuclear policy the ideas and concepts of how nations interacts remains valid. This book should be in every decision makers library.

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Fast shipping and great condition.

Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2015

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Mandatory for a lecture course, but overall interesting material. Fast shipping and great condition.

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An old book with a new preface and afterward

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2013

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Recently I ordered a chinese translation of this book from Mainland China, but it was translated according to the 1966 edition.This English edition has a new preface and afternoon by the author, thus updating the book. The book is still worth reading today, as North Korea has recently held a nuclear bomb test and it reminds us that nuclear threat is still with us. Mr. Schelling's analysis helps us to understand the delicate situation today.

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