Thomas Schelling
Thomas Schelling
Thomas Crombie Schellingis an American economist and professor of foreign policy, national security, nuclear strategy, and arms control at the School of Public Policy at University of Maryland, College Park. He is also co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute. He was awarded the 2005 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciencesfor "having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis"...
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There is a tendency in our planning to confuse the unfamiliar with the improbable.
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The question was asked, 'What can seven divisions do to stop a Soviet attack? ... And the answer very explicitly was: They can guarantee that if the Soviets attack and kill or capture 300,000 Americans, the war won't end there.