Deterrence in American foreign policy [electronic resource] : theory and practice / Alexander L. George, Richard Smoke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

George, Alexander L.

Contributor:

Smoke, Richard.

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deterrence (Strategy).

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

United States.

United States--Military policy.

Physical Description:

xii, 666 p. 22 cm.

Contained In:

ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 1974.

Contents:

Introduction

Part One: The Nature of Contemporary Deterrence Theory

1. Deterrence in History

2. Contemporary Deterrence Theory

3. The Normative Use of the Abstract Deterrence Model

4. The Empirical Study of Deterrence

Part Two: Case Studies

5. The Berlin Blockade, 1948

6. The Outbreak of the Korean War

7. Chinese Communist Intervention in Korea

8. Deterrence through "Massive Retaliation"Threats: Korea and Indochina, 1953-1954

9. The Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1954-1955

10. The Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1954-1955

11. The Eisenhower Doctrine: Deterrence in the Middle East, 1957-1958

12. The Quemoy Crisis, 1958

13. The Berlin Deadline Crisis, 1958-1959

14. The Berlin Aide-Memoire Crisis, 1961

15. The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

Part Three: Toward a Reformulation of Deterrence Theory

16. The Role of Theory in Policy-Making

17. Initiation Theory and the Conditions of Deterrence Outcomes

18. Patterns of Deterrence Failure: A Typology

19. Commitment Theory

20. Response Theory

21. From Deterrence to Influence in Theory and Practice

Appendix: Theory for Policy in International Relations

Notes:

Includes bibliographies and index.