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  • Arms and Influence

    by Thomas C. Schelling ...
    Series series Veritas Paperbacks
    “This is a brilliant and hardheaded book. It will frighten those who prefer not to dwell on the unthinkable and infuriate those who have taken refuge in stereotypes and moral attitudinizing.”—Gordon A. Craig, New York Times Book ReviewOriginally published more than fifty years ago, this landmark book explores the ways in which military capabilities—real or imagined—are used, skillfully or clumsily ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Strategy of Conflict

    With a New Preface by the Author

    by Thomas C. Schelling ...
    A series of closely interrelated essays on game theory, this book deals with an area in which progress has been least satisfactory—the situations where there is a common interest as well as conflict between adversaries: negotiations, war and threats of war, criminal deterrence, extortion, tacit bargaining. It proposes enlightening similarities between, for instance, maneuvering in limited war and ... Read more

    $31.09 USD

  • Micromotives and Macrobehavior

    by Thomas C. Schelling ...
    Before Freakonomics and The Tipping Point there was this classic by the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Economics."Schelling here offers an early analysis of 'tipping' in social situations involving a large number of individuals."—official citation for the 2005 Nobel PrizeMicromotives and Macrobehavior was originally published over twenty-five years ago, yet the stories it tells feel just as fresh today. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Arms and Influence

    by Thomas C. Schelling ...
    Series series Veritas Paperbacks
    “This is a brilliant and hardheaded book. It will frighten those who prefer not to dwell on the unthinkable and infuriate those who have taken refuge in stereotypes and moral attitudinizing.”—Gordon A. Craig, New York Times Book ReviewOriginally published more than fifty years ago, this landmark book explores the ways in which military capabilities—real or imagined—are used, skillfully or clumsily ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Choice and Consequence

    by Thomas C. Schelling ...
    Thomas Schelling is a political economist “conspicuous for wandering”—an errant economist. In Choice and Consequence, he ventures into the area where rationality is ambiguous in order to look at the tricks people use to try to quit smoking or lose weight. He explores topics as awesome as nuclear terrorism, as sordid as blackmail, as ineffable as daydreaming, as intimidating as euthanasia. He ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Audiobook

    Arms and Influence

    by Thomas C. Schelling ...
    Narrated by Rick Adamson ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 53 min

    Originally published more than fifty years ago, this landmark book explores the ways in which military capabilities—real or imagined—are used, skillfully or clumsily, as bargaining power. Anne-Marie Slaughter's new introduction to the work shows how Schelling's framework—conceived of in a time of superpowers and mutually assured destruction—still applies to our multipolar world, where wars are ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBooks

    Also available as: eBooks

  • Arms and Influence

    by Prof. Thomas C. Schelling ...
    Series series The Henry L. Stimson Lectures Series

    $18.99 USD

  • Hackers and Hacking

    A Reference Handbook

    by Thomas J. Holt, Bernadette H. Schell ...
    Series series Contemporary World Issues
    This book provides an in-depth exploration of the phenomenon of hacking from a multidisciplinary perspective that addresses the social and technological aspects of this unique activity as well as its impact.What defines the social world of hackers? How do individuals utilize hacking techniques against corporations, governments, and the general public? And what motivates them to do so? This book ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Historical Dictionary of Methodism

    by Frank Baker, John D. Beasley, Oliver A. Beckerlegge, Charles W. Brockwell Jr., Joanne Carlson Brown, Kenneth O. Brown, Barbara E. Campbell, David J. Carter, Philip L. Carter, Kenneth J. Collins, Dudley A.L. Cooney, Dennis C. Dickerson, Melvin E. Dieter, Mary Agnes Dougherty, Daryl M. Elliot, John C. English, Gayle Carlton Felton, Bruce David Forbes, Peter S. Forsaith, Donald K. Gorrell, E Dorothy Graham, Kenneth G. Greet, Frank Hanson, John A. Hargreaves, Richard P. Heitzenrater, William D. Horton, Alice G. Knotts, William Leary, John H. Lenton, Robin W. Lovin, Lawrence D. McIntosh, Timothy S.A. Macquiban, Frederick E. Maser, John G. McEllhenney, Robert C. Monk, John A. Newton, Zablon Nthamburi, J Steven O'Malley, L Dale Patterson, Dana L. Robert, Cyril S. Rodd, Samuel J. Rogal, E Alan Rose, Kenneth E. Rowe, Edwin A. Schell, Thomas Shaw, Dale H. Simmons, Robert Drew Simpson, K James Stein, Patrick Ph. Streiff, Douglas M. Strong, Edwin E. Sylvest, Norman W. Taggart, Geraint Tudur, Eteuati L. Tuioti, John Munsey Turner, John A. Vickers, Gordon S. Wakefield, Charles Wallace Jr., Pauline M. Webb, Marilyn Färdig Whiteley, Robert J. Williams, Philip Wingeier-Rayo ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
    In 2003, Methodists celebrated the 300th anniversary of the birth of their founder, John Wesley. Today, there are more than 300 Methodist denominations in 140 nations. Covering the activities of this group that plays an important role in the ecumenical movement through its many social and charitable activities in world affairs, this book offers more than 400 entries that describe important events, ... Read more

    $98.89 USD

  • Focal Peripheral Neuropathies

    Imaging, Neurological, and Neurosurgical Approaches

    by Götz Penkert, Josef Böhm, Thomas Schelle ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    Every neurosurgeon as well as many surgeons in other disciplines, including plastic and orthopedic surgeons, may unexpectedly be confronted with an entrapment syndrome or a nerve trauma. With a view to preventing costly transfers to expert clinics, this manual for practitioners offers optimized step-by-step figures illustrating how best to approach every relevant nerve lesion. Clear advice is also ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • IT Management

    The art of managing IT based on a solid framework leveraging the company´s political ecosystem

    by Lionel Pilorget, Thomas Schell ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This book focuses on the art of managing IT. A simple and robust framework is proposed to describe and to structure the essential elements of IT management. The authors pay particular attention to didactic aspects in order to facilitate the retention of models presented as well as to promote reflection on the subjects introduced. Thanks to a concentrate of good practices, each company will rapidly ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Mapping Region in Early American Writing

    by William V. Lombardi, Robert Gunn, Andy Doolen, Duncan Faherty, Martha Schoolman, Steven W. Thomas, Jennifer Schell, Harry Brown, Janet Neary, Hollis Robbins ...
    Mapping Region in Early American Writing is a collection of essays that study how early American writers thought about the spaces around them. The contributors reconsider the various roles regions—imagined politically, economically, racially, and figuratively—played in the formation of American communities, both real and imagined. These texts vary widely: some are canonical, others archival; some ... Read more

    $53.09 USD