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Conventional deterrence

Conventional Deterrence is a book about the origins of war. Why do nations faced with the prospect of large-scale conventional war opt for or against an offensive strategy? John J. Mearsheimer examines a number of crises that led to major conventional wars to explain why deterrence failed.
Print Book, English, 1983
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1983
296 p : il., mapas ; 25 cm.
9780801415692, 9780801492549, 0801415691, 0801492548
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