The Strategy of Conflict
Game-theoretic account of bargaining, deterrence, and credible commitment
Work
Schelling's foundational text on why actors bind their own future options so promises and threats become believable — source vocabulary for credible commitment devices in decision logs.
Schelling, T. C. (1960). The Strategy of Conflict. Harvard University Press.
What we cite
- Credible commitment device (term) — Schelling’s self-binding concept; in this corpus organisational use is classified as credible commitment theatre unless tier and narrative are honest to all relying parties.
- Not epistemic canon — Schelling models strategic interaction; Genesis applies vocabulary under truth constraints. Prefer execution runway for bounded honest holds.