Lexicographical Neighbors of Escalatory
Literary usage of Escalatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nuclear Coexistence: Rethinking U. S. Policy to Promote Stability in an Era by William C. Martel, William T. Pendley (1998)
"The third was the escalatory danger posed by nuclear weapons in a tight bipolar
world, in particular the fear that nuclear weapons in the hands of regional ..."
2. The Revenge of the Melians: Asymmetric Threats & the Next QDR by Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. (2001)
"They consciously made decisions in this light, refraining from taking escalatory
actions that they judged would be viewed as inflammatory by the United ..."
3. Deterrence Theory: Success Or Failure in Arab-Israeli Wars? by Elli Lieberman (1996)
"... escalatory steps taken by Israel, the risk of a spiral and unwanted larger
war, during the War of Attrition, was not created. Both Egypt and Israel knew ..."
4. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Frederic Solomon (1986)
"... management concepts are robust and flexible enough to withstand the possibly
destabilizing and escalatory potential of the military alerts and actions ..."
5. Making Free Trade Work: The Canada-U.S. Agreement by Peter Morici (1990)
"... this clause puts a ceiling on allowable US retaliation, thereby forever
preventing another escalatory incident like the border broadcasting dispute. ..."
6. American Economic Policy and National Security by Theodore H. Moran (1993)
"Reinforcing concern about political tensions, there is an escalatory impulse
along this path that ..."