Deterrence in American Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice

Contents
Introduction
Part One. The Nature of Contemporary Deterrence Theory
	1. Deterrence in History
	2. Contemporary Deterrence Theory
	3. The Normative Use ofthe Abstract Deterrence Model
	4. The Empirical Study of Deterrence
Part Two. Case Studies
	5. The Berlin Blockade, 1948
	6. The Outbreak of the Korean War
	7. Chinese Communist Intervention in Korea
	8. Deterrence through "Massive Retaliation” Threats: Korea and Indochina, 1953-1954
	9. The Taiwan Strait Crisis, 1954—1955
	10. The Hungarian Revolution, 1956
	11. The Eisenhower Doctrine: Deterrence in the Middle East, 1957-1958
	12. The Quemoy Crisis, 1958
	13. The Berlin Deadline Crisis,1958-1959
	14. The Berlin Aide-Memoire Crisis, 1961
	15. The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
	16. The Role of Theory in Policy-Making
	17. Initiation Theory and the Conditions of Deterrence Outcomes
	18. Patterns of Deterrence Failure: A Typology
	19. Commitment Theory
	20. Response Theory
	21. From Deterrence to Influence in Theory and Practice
Appendix: Theory for Policy in International Relations
Index