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The Deterrence Theory and Sherman's "March to the Sea"

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This research examines the applicability and effectiveness of the traditional deterrence theory and assesses the concept and application to General Sherman's "March to the Sea" in Civil War: Background, psychology, information flow and conflict reduction
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages) | 9 sources | 1995 | United States
Published on: Mar 10, 2003

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"Contemporary terrorist threats have raised new alarms among deterrence theorists. The old strategy of deterrence, which had long been firmly entrenched in the thinking of international conflict resolution, may not work with many of these terrorists. They sometimes act like lunatics, it is said. They sometimes appear to like violence, it is feared. They are so irrational, so bent on confrontation, that they may fail to make any prudent calculation of the retaliatory destruction they will face if they launch an attack. They may be, in the language of deterrence theorists, "undeterrable threats."

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