Brams (New York U.) demonstrates the application of game theory to the explication of strategic features of actual political situations: international relations, qualitative and quantitative voting, vote trading, voting power, coalitions, and elections. When the first edition was published by The Free Press, New York, the field could be pretty easily overviewed in a slender volume. Rather than try to update the original, he corrects obvious errors and refers readers to the 14 volumes he has produced since 1975. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
