Threats: Intimidation and Its Discontents

by David Philip Barash

Book Overview

"It's a rare author who can combine literary erudition and an easy fluency of style together with expert knowledge of psychology and evolutionary biology. David Barash adds to all this a far-seeing wisdom and a humane decency that shines through on every page. The concluding section on the senseless and dangerous futility of nuclear deterrence theory is an irrefutable tour de force which should be read by every politician and senior military officer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190055294
• ISBN13: 9780190055295
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.4"