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.
- ISBN10 0674840313
- ISBN13 9780674840317
- Publish Date 14 June 1981 (first published 1 January 1960)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Harvard University Press
- Edition 2nd edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 328
- Language English