The Strategy of Conflict

With a New Preface by the Author

Thomas C. Schelling

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PAPERBACK

$34.50 • £27.95 • €31.00

ISBN 9780674840317

Publication Date: 05/15/1981

Short

328 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

36 line illustrations

World

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POLITICAL SCIENCE: General

Thomas C. Schelling was Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Economics and School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland and Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He was co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics.

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A U.S. Army Chief of Staff’s Professional Reading List Selection, 2017

Thomas C. Schelling Is Co-Recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Economics

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