About this title: In this widely discussed and influential book, Herman Kahn probes the dynamics of escalation and demonstrates how the intensification of conflict can be depicted by means of a definite escalation ladder, ascent of which brings opponents closer to all-out war. At each rung of the ladder, before the climb proceeds, decisions must be made based on numerous choices. Some are clear and obvious, others obscure, but the options are always there. Thermonuclear annihilation, says Kahn, is unlikely to come through accident; but nations may elect to climb the ladder to extinction. The basic material for ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Praeger
Date published: 1965
Description: Good. HARDCOVER-1965 First Edition; 308 pages; previous owner's stamp on ffep; Good in an edgeworn dust jacket (price clipped)-bt up/08- read more
Edition: First edition. Thus
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, New york.
Date published: 1965
Description: Fine. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. A fine copy, clean and attractive with no defects. 308p., 18 cm.; black and colorful title. Escalation (Military science); Alibris.0011695. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Date published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781412811620ISBN:1412811627
Description: New. 2009-Paperback. -In original shrinkwrap. New from publisher. Hall Street Books Proudly ships all books from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours M-F. 100% Money-Back Guarantee and No-Worry return policy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Praeger
Date published: 1965
Description: Good. Very good in fair dust jacket. Interior clean, binding tight, light wear to covers. Dust jacket moderately worn, chipped, several small tears. xvii, 308 p. 22 cm. Bibliographical footnotes. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Praeger, New York
Date published: 1965
Description: Fair. No dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. xvii, 308 p. 22 cm. Bibliographical footnotes. USABLE COPY WITH UNDERLININGS AND MARGIN NOTES read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pelican
Date published: 1968
Description: Very Good + 308 pages. Interior clean, mild tanning due to the age, binding tight, covers have light shelf wear. Overall a very presentable copy. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Hudson Institute, USA
Date published: 1965
Description: Quarto; vg/wraps; white spine with white text on brown; ex library, stamps; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; 308 pp.; sunned; else very good. Intl. Affairs. 7-23-1151676. read more
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Bold and visionary. The "reformer" asks us here to face squarely and unemotionally the terrors of a world fully capable of suicide. Includes an Index. read more
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