Conventional Deterrence (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)

A must read to all practicioner and academic who works with the military, But also if you belong to a country where we should to think again what conventional deterrance means.

About the 1983 first edition hardcover (ISBN 0801415691)...Cornell University Press, hardcover with dustjacket, cloth over hardback boards with a sewn binding. 296 pp. Indexed. Over 50 pp of bibliographic and narrative End Notes. 17 p Bibliography.TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionContentional DeterrenceThe Allied Decision Not to Attack Germany, March 1939-May 1940The German Decision to Attack in the West, 1939-1940Conventional Deterrence and the Arab-Israeli ConflictThe Prospects for Contentional Deterrence in Central EuropePrecision-Guided Munitions and Conventional DeterrenceConclusion

If you are lucky enough to get your hands on this, you'll truly understand what conventional deterrence is from a key thought leader.