This study surveys and evaluates previous attempts to use game theory to explain the strategic dynamic of the Cuban missile crisis, including, but not limited to, explanations developed in the style of Thomas Schelling, Nigel Howard and Steven Brams. All of the explanations were judged to be...

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on Economic Sanctions -- PART I THE VALUE OF LARGE-N DATA SOURCES -- 2. Economic sanctions in the twenty-first century -- 3. The Threat and Imposition of Economic Sanctions data...