Strategic Rationality is not Enough: Hitler and the Concept of Crazy States

Abstract

In this report the author explores the concept on rogue or 'crazy' states in the international community, an important topic in the increasingly multipolar and dangerous world of the post-cold war era. In such an environment, the author concludes, after examining the progressive craziness of the Third Reich under Adolf Hitler, the rational basis for strategy breaks down. Strategic rationality is simply not sufficient to gauge the behavior of such states in the international arena--a particularly dangerous turn of events in an era of mass destruction weapons proliferation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 08, 1991
Accession Number
ADA243579

Entities

People

  • David Jablonsky

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bombs
  • Central Europe
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Cold War
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Recreation
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Game Theory.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.