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Title: Strategy of Conflict by Thomas C. Schelling ISBN: 0-674-84031-3 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: July, 1980 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Major contribution and still relevant after decades
Comment: Since its first publication in 1960, the strategy of Conflict is still relevant today. His concepts of strategic moves and random strategy can still be applied to the increasing complicated international affairs. It's definitely a timeless classic for game theoretical study of international relations.
Rating: 5
Summary: fascinating
Comment: I disagree with the review that describes Schelling's primary contribution here as the idea of focal points. This is one of the key insights in the book, but only one. He also has a fascinating discussion of threats, promises, and credibility and the relation of these issues to national security issues. The connection is explored further in Schelling's Arms and Influence, while this book is more theoretical in its orientation. I highly recommend this book to anyone who knows a little game theory but is frustrated by the level of abstraction which pervades the theory.
Rating: 4
Summary: Schelling¿s major contribution to game theory
Comment: Schelling's major contribution to game theory (and the study of culture) was the concept of focal points. He observed that in real life bargaining each player would rather make a concession than fail to reach any agreement at all. And there are a wide range of outcomes that would be preferable to both of them than no agreement at all. Now without some procedure to select among those acceptable alternatives, people might never come to a satisfactory agreement. This is where the key concept of "focal points" comes into play. Schelling defines focal points as "intuitively perceived mutual expectations, shared appreciations, preoccupations, obsessions, and sensitivities to suggestion." He criticized traditional game theorists for failing to recognize that "players" actually achieve much better coordination and cooperation when they are able to rely upon focal points. Although he does not make this analogy, it seems that focal points represent some sort of a "templat! e" or "blueprint" that helps to unify understanding and coordinate action. However, for Schelling, "focal points" are quite arbitrary-whether and to what degree they serve to coordinate action and expectations is the key question.
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Title: The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod ISBN: 0465021212 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: September, 1985 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
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Title: Choice and Consequence by Thomas C. Schelling ISBN: 0674127714 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: October, 1985 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
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Title: Micromotives and Macrobehavior by Thomas C. Schelling ISBN: 0393090094 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: October, 1978 List Price(USD): $19.20 |
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Title: The Complexity of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod ISBN: 0691015678 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 18 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.12 |
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Title: Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life by Avinash K. Dixit, Barry Nalebuff ISBN: 0393310353 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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