The Strategy of Conflict

A series of closely interrelated essays on game theory this book deals with an area in which progress has been least satisfactory-the situations where there is a common interest as well as conflict between adversaries: negotiations war and threats of war criminal deterrence extortion tacit bargaining. It proposes enlightening similarities between for instance maneuvering in limited war and in a traffic jam; deterring the Russians and one's own children; the modern strategy of terror and the ancient institution of hostages.