The Strategy of Conflict

By: Thomas C. Schelling

Narrated by: Brian Holsopple

A series of closely interrelated essays on game theory, this book deals with an area in which progress has been least satisfactory - the situations where there is a common interest as well as conflict between adversaries: negotiations, war and threats of war, criminal deterrence, extortion, tacit bargaining. It proposes enlightening similarities between, for instance, maneuvering in limited war and in a traffic jam; deterring the Russians and one's own children; the modern strategy of terror and the ancient institution of hostages.

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Good Classic

the book is good. just difficult to follow if listening while on the drive due to constant reference to the pdf

Great read

Loved it. Less easy to listen to on the road with all the tables in the text.

Just get the print book

Interesting book but I would not recommend listening to it as an audiobook. Some of the heavier math will be incomprehensible.

wow, brand new perspective...

it was like drinking from a fire hose trying to follow the author. so much info and such in depth thinking, but I came out of the experience with a *much* deeper appreciation of certain phenomena in the world and a much more nuanced view of negotiations and games. probably not the best intro to the topic, but well worth the read.

Excellent and revealing, but uses visual aids

I would recommend without hesitation but a reread of some sections with a regular copy may be necessary. Audio descriptions of decision matrices are hard to understand.