Psychology and Deterrence

Richard Ned Lebow is the director of the Program in International Relations at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: Approach and AssumptionsChapter 2. Perceiving and Coping with ThreatChapter 3. Calculation, Miscalculation, and Conventional Deterrence I: The View from CairoChapter 4. Calculation, Miscalculation, and Conventional Deterrence II: The View from JerusalemChapter 5. Miscalculation in the South Atlantic: The Origins of the Falklands WarChapter 6. Saving Face for the Sake of Detterence Chapter 7. Perceptions of the Security Dilemma in 1914Chapter 8. The Deterrence Deadlock: Is There a Way Out?Chapter 9. ConclusionsNotesIndex

A provocative collection. -- David C. Unger New York Times