Force and restraint in strategic deterrence
Subtitle: a game-theorist's perspective
By: Roger B. Myerson.
Contributors: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
Series: Advancing strategic thought series
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Carlisle, PA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 25
ISBN-13: 9781584873259
Subjects: Deterrence (Strategy); Game theory; Games of strategy (Mathematics); International relations; Deterrence (Strategy) -- Mathematical models
Description: "In a dangerous world, we need to think very carefully about how military force is used. Game theory can serve us in such analyses by providing a framework for probing the inextricable connections between our adversaries' decision problems and our own. To illustrate the power of game theory, the author focuses on a vital question that confronts American policymakers today: what determines why an application of military force, which was intended to deter potential adversaries, sometimes instead stimulates them to more militant reactions against us? When we feel that force is necessary, what can we do to minimize the risk of such adverse reactions?" -- p. v.
Notes: "November 2007."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 25).
Table of contents: title: Intuitive arguments against multilateral constraints on American actions; title: Game theory as a form of analytical narrative; title: A simple model of the strategic deterrence problem; title: Judging reputations; title: Reputations for restraint and resolve; title: Failure of deterrence: stimulating militarism by denying restraint; title: Reconsidering the rationality assumption; title: Lessons for patriots.