Opening book details…
Can I read Conventional Deterrence (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) on EtoBox?
Conventional Deterrence (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) by John J. Mearsheimer is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Conventional Deterrence (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) about?
<p><i>Conventional Deterrence</i> 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. He focuses first on Allied and German decision making in the years 1939?1940, analyzing why the Allies did not strike first against Germany after declaring war and, conversely, why the Germans did at
Who reads Conventional Deterrence (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John J. Mearsheimer
- Publisher
- Ithaca: Cornell University Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781501713262
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Political Science, Military
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
Other editions & translations
More by John J. Mearsheimer
Browse all works by John J. Mearsheimer
Similar books
- The Military Lens: Doctrinal Difference and Deterrence Failure in Sino-American Relations (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) — Christopher P. Twomey (2010)
- Dilemmas of Appeasement: British Deterrence and Defense, 1934-1937 (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) — Gaines Post, Jr. (1993)
- The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution: Power Politics in the Atomic Age (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) — Keir A Lieber; Daryl Grayson Press (2020)
- The Political Economy of Grand Strategy (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) — Kevin Narizny (2007)
- Balancing Risks: Great Power Intervention in the Periphery (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) — TALIAFERRO, JEFFREY W. (2004)
- The Domestic Bases of Grand Strategy (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) — edited by Richard Rosecrance and Arthur A. Stein (1993)