Study of the most prominent interstate rivalries in the second half of the century, and of the lessons that the leaders of the rival states drew from their recu

Examines the effect of domestic politics on the interstate bargaining in international crises

The first comprehensive textbook on crisis bargaining for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and a reference for researchers.

A major departure from mainstream security studies, this book mounts a thoughtful challenge to realist theories of crisis bargaining. It tests the proposition t