Bücher der Reihe Perspectives on Security

Now available in paperback, Psychology and Deterrence reveals deterrence strategy's hidden and generally simplistic assumptions about the nature of power and aggression, threat and response, and calculation and behavior in the international arena.

This text examines the recent record of United Nations peacekeeping forces, developing criteria for assessing their operations. It aims to provide guidance for the management of new hostilities in areas such as Eastern Europe. An epilogue discusses the situations in Somalia, Bosnia and Cambodia.