| The Amateur Strategist: Intuitive Deterrence Theories and the Politics of the Nuclear Arms Race Contributor(s): DeNardo, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521484464 ISBN-13: 9780521484466 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1995 Annotation: This is one of the most interesting contributions to nuclear deterrence theory. It is a fascinating study of how real people--experts and nonexperts--think about nuclear deterrence and arms control. The similarities and differences between expert and nonexpert opinion are very provocative. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Arms Control |
| Dewey: 327.174 |
| LCCN: 94040411 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Political Psychology & Public Opinion |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.92" W x 8.88" (0.97 lbs) 332 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores how the everyday person reasons about nuclear strategy. James DeNardo's data reveal surprising patterns of thinking on basic issues from SDI, arms control, and proliferation to the end of the Cold War. His discovery that the amateur's strategic reasoning defies all conventional theories lays the groundwork for a new understanding of national security politics. His demonstration that professional strategists reason like novices--that we are all Amateur Strategists--challenges the intellectual foundations of modern deterrence theory, public opinion studies, and game theory. |