136 Pages
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Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
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For decades, the rational actor model served as the preferred guide for U.S. deterrence policy. It has been a convenient and comforting guide because it requires little detailed knowledge of an opponent’s unique decision-making process and yet typically provides confident generalizations about how deterrence works. The model tends to postulate common decision-making parameters across the globe to... Read more
1. Introduction Keith B. Payne 2. Understanding Deterrence Keith B. Payne 3. God, Nations, and Deterrence: The Impact of Religion on Deterrence Shmuel Bar 4. Evolutionary Psychology, Cognitive Function, and Deterrence Thomas Scheber 5. Nuclear Weapons Acquisition and Deterrence Kurt Guthe
Biography
Keith B. Payne is President and co-founder of the National Institute for Public Policy, a non-profit research center located in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr Payne is Professor and Head of the Graduate Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, Missouri State University (Washington Campus).
