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International agreements, such as those governing arms control or the environment, virtually always require some degree of verification of information, in order that compliance can be established. To ensure that the verification process can be regarded as efficient, effective and impartial, it is important to have a mathematical model of it. One can be derived by applying methods from statistics and the theory of non-cooperative games, developed in part by John Nash, who received a Nobel prize in 1994 for his work. The methods permit the development of rational verification strategies, as well as such fundamental concepts as guaranteed probability of detection, timeliness of inspections and the deterrence of illegal activity. In this 1996 book, the required theory is introduced gradually in the context of specific real-world examples. The only prerequisites are simple calculus and statistics, so the book should be accessible to a broad range of scientists and non-scientists, in industrial, academic or governmental environments.

Arms control --- Security, International --- Arms race --- Disarmament --- Military readiness --- Verification --- Mathematical models. --- Mathematical Sciences --- Probability

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Defense industries --- Military readiness --- National security --- Industrie militaire --- Armements --- Sécurite nationale --- Economic aspects --- Aspect économique --- China. --- China --- Chine --- Economic policy --- Foreign relations --- Politique économique --- Relations extérieures --- Sécurite nationale --- Aspect économique --- Politique économique --- Relations extérieures

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David Herrmann's work is the most complete study to date of how land-based military power influenced international affairs during the series of diplomatic crises that led up to the First World War. Instead of emphasizing the naval arms race, which has been extensively studied before, Herrmann draws on documentary research in military and state archives in Germany, France, Austria, England, and Italy to show the previously unexplored effects of changes in the strength of the European armies during this period. Herrmann's work provides not only a contribution to debates about the causes of the war but also an account of how the European armies adopted the new weaponry of the twentieth century in the decade before 1914, including quick-firing artillery, machine guns, motor transport, and aircraft. In a narrative account that runs from the beginning of a series of international crises in 1904 until the outbreak of the war, Herrmann points to changes in the balance of military power to explain why the war began in 1914, instead of at some other time. Russia was incapable of waging a European war in the aftermath of its defeat at the hands of Japan in 1904-5, but in 1912, when Russia appeared to be regaining its capacity to fight, an unprecedented land-armaments race began. Consequently, when the July crisis of 1914 developed, the atmosphere of military competition made war a far more likely outcome than it would have been a decade earlier.

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Confidence and security building measures (International relations) --- Arms control. --- Security, International. --- Mesures de confiance et de securite (Relations internationales) --- Armements --- Securite internationale. --- #SBIB:327.5H22 --- Collective security --- International security --- International relations --- Disarmament --- International organization --- Peace --- Security, International --- Arms race --- Military readiness --- CBMs (International relations) --- Confidence building measures (International relations) --- CSBMs (International relations) --- Arms control --- International relationsControle. --- Ontwapeningsproblemen - bewapening --- Controle.

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Geopolitics --- Geopolitiek --- Géopolitique --- Oceanografie en Staat --- Oceanographie et Etat --- Oceanography and state --- State and oceanography --- Marine resources and state --- Maritime law --- Sea power --- Shipping --- Ressources marines --- Droit maritime --- Transports maritimes --- Government policy --- Politique gouvernementale --- Ocean --- Sea-power --- 822.5 Europese Unie --- 827 Geopolitiek --- 838.1 Ecologie --- 839 Technologie en infrastructuur --- 844.4 Mobiliteit --- 872 Massavernietigingswapens --- 880 Regio’s en landen --- 884.4 West-Europa --- Marine resources --- Government policy. --- Sea-power. --- Dominion of the sea --- Military power --- Naval policy --- Navy --- Sea, Dominion of the --- Seapower --- Military readiness --- Naval art and science --- Naval history --- Naval strategy --- Navies --- Oceans --- Sea, The --- Bodies of water --- Oceanography --- World politics --- Foreign relations