Cover

Contents

Preface

Part I: Crises and Bargaining

Introduction

1: Crises in International Politics

2: The Bases of International Bargaining

3: The International Setting

Part II: Contextual Factors

Introduction

4: Political Fluidity

5: The Force of Events

6: Problems of Communication

7: Peripheral Actors

Part III: Tactical Equations

Introduction

8: Resolve and Prudence

9: Freedom of Choice

10: Bargaining Impediments

11: The Relevance of Salience

12: Political Bargains

Part IV: Force, Coercion, and Violence

Introduction

13: Restraints on the Use of Violence

14: The Role of Initiative

15: Coercive Uses of Asymmetries

16: The Determinants of Emphasis

Appendix A: Problems of Epistemology

Appendix B: A Note on Sources

Index