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245 14 a| The new calculus of escalationh| [electronic resource] :b| avoiding armageddon in great power conflict /c| Martin C. Libicki.;

246 30 a| Avoiding armageddon in great power conflict;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-227) and index.;

505 0 a| Escalation and its Motivations -- Is Cyberwar War? -- The Space Between Nonlethal and Lethal War -- Is There a Feasible Local-Global Threshold? -- Conventional Operations against Nuclear Systems -- The Putative Tactical-Strategic Nuclear Threshold -- Will Thresholds Emerge on their Own?;

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520 a| "Martin Libicki updates our understanding of conflict escalation dynamics for the twenty-first century in order to reduce the possibility of major war. The return of great power competition has renewed concerns about managing escalation, lest a minor crisis inadvertently spiral into nuclear war. During the Cold War, there were two critical thresholds, the threshold between peace and war and the threshold between conventional war and nuclear war. But ongoing developments in cyber and other advanced military technologies threaten command and control and blur the old thresholds. Previous strategists spoke of escalation ladders, but today's mixing of conventional, nuclear, and cyber weapons makes escalation more like a complex lattice of crisscrossing domains. This book seeks to improve mutual understanding among states by reconceptualizing conflict thresholds and exit ramps the manage escalation"-- Provided by publisher.;

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The new calculus of escalation avoiding armageddon in great power conflict / Martin C. Libicki.

Author/creator	Libicki, Martin C.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2025]
Description	x, 237 pages illustrations 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Escalation (Military science) Conflict management War Nuclear threshold (Strategy)

Portion of title	Avoiding armageddon in great power conflict
Physical medium	illustrations
Contents	Escalation and its Motivations -- Is Cyberwar War? -- The Space Between Nonlethal and Lethal War -- Is There a Feasible Local-Global Threshold? -- Conventional Operations against Nuclear Systems -- The Putative Tactical-Strategic Nuclear Threshold -- Will Thresholds Emerge on their Own?
Abstract	"Martin Libicki updates our understanding of conflict escalation dynamics for the twenty-first century in order to reduce the possibility of major war. The return of great power competition has renewed concerns about managing escalation, lest a minor crisis inadvertently spiral into nuclear war. During the Cold War, there were two critical thresholds, the threshold between peace and war and the threshold between conventional war and nuclear war. But ongoing developments in cyber and other advanced military technologies threaten command and control and blur the old thresholds. Previous strategists spoke of escalation ladders, but today's mixing of conventional, nuclear, and cyber weapons makes escalation more like a complex lattice of crisscrossing domains. This book seeks to improve mutual understanding among states by reconceptualizing conflict thresholds and exit ramps the manage escalation"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-227) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2024022174
ISBN	9781647125752 hardcover
ISBN	9781647125769 paperback
ISBN	ebook

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