Dangerous Thresholds
Managing Escalation in the 21st Century
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https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/MG614AFAuthor(s)
Morgan, Forrest E.
Mueller, Karl P.
Medeiros, Evan S.
Pollpeter, Kevin L.
Cliff, Roger
Language
EnglishAbstract
Escalation is a natural tendency in any form of human competition, and today's security environment demands that the United States be prepared for a host of escalatory threats. This analysis of escalation dynamics and approaches to escalation management draws on a range of historical examples from World War I to the struggle against global Jihad to inform escalation-related decisionmaking.
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Political ScienceDOI
10.7249/MG614AFISBN
9780833046369, 9780833042132Publisher
RAND CorporationPublication date and place
2008Classification
Comparative politics
International relations
Warfare and defence