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The Strategy of Conflict
Thomas Schelling's 1960 classic: conflict as bargaining, focal points, the power of binding yourself, threats that leave something to chance, and how it shaped nuclear deterrence and his 2005 Nobel.
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Prereqs: The Art of Strategy. Next: The Cold War (Gaddis); Game theory: commitment. Book: Thomas C. Schelling, *The Strategy of Conflict* (1960).Next: 1. Conflict is bargaining