Reconceptualizing deterrence nudging toward rationality in Middle Eastern rivalries /

This book offers a reconceptualisation of conventional deterrence theory, and applies it to enduring rivalries in the Middle East. The work argues that many of the problems encountered in the development of deterrence theory lay in the fact that it was developed during the Cold War, when the immedia...

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Main Author: Lieberman, Elli, 1951-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
Physical Description: xiv, 310 pages ; 24 cm.
Series: Routledge global security studies.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Theoretical considerations
  • The Egyptian-Israeli rivalry, 1948-1973
  • The Israeli-Hezbollah rivalry
  • Conclusion.