Arms and Influence

"In this landmark book, Nobel laureate Thomas C. Schelling considers the ways in which military capabilities - real or imagined - are used as bargaining power. This edition contains a new preface by the author where he considers the book's relevance over forty years after its first publication. Included as an afterword is the text of Professor Schelling's Nobel acceptance speech, in which he reflects upon the global taboo that has emerged against nuclear weapons since Hiroshima"--Unedited summary from book cover