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Book SynopsisAs the preponderant world power, the United States is a potential arbiter of war and peace between such feuding rivals as India and Pakistan, Turkey and Greece, China and Taiwan. How can it deter them from going to war and impel them to accept...
Trade ReviewPivotal deterrence is, according to Crawford, a long-standing strategic dilemma, in which the challenge to deter two rivals from escalating their existing dispute to war and encourage them to accept a peaceful compromise, while avoiding commitment to either rival. Crawford's book is a superb study of this question, which, despite its prevalence and importance, has not been systematically addressed in the literature.... Crawford's contribution to the international relations theory bookshelf is invaluable. It is an exemplary study in social science.... Moreover, its concluding chapter, applying the theoretical framework to U.S. foreign policy, is extremely relevant to current policy debates.
-- Carmela Lutmar * Journal of Peace Research *
