Game theory is the mathematical analysis of strategic interaction. In the fifty years since the appearance of von Neumann and Morgenstern's classic "Theory of Games and Economic Behavior" (Princeton, 1944), game theory has been widely applied to problems in economics. Until recently, however, its usefulness in political science has been underappreciated, in part because of the technical difficulty of the methods developed by economists. James Morrow's book is the first to provide a standard text adapting contemporary game theory to political analysis. It uses a minimum of mathematics to teach the essentials of game theory and contains problems and their solutions suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in all branches of political science. Morrow begins with classical utility and game theory and ends with current research on repeated games and games of incomplete information. The book focuses on noncooperative game theory and its application to international relations, political economy, and American and comparative politics. Special attention is given to models of four topics: bargaining, legislative voting rules, voting in mass elections, and deterrence. An appendix reviews relevant mathematical techniques. Brief bibliographic essays at the end of each chapter suggest further readings, graded according to difficulty. This rigorous but accessible introduction to game theory will be of use not only to political scientists but also to psychologists, sociologists, and others in the social sciences.

詹姆斯·D.莫罗，密歇根大学A.FK奥根斯基世界政治领域大学讲座教授以及政治研究中心研究教授。曾任教于斯坦福大学国际问题研究生院、罗切斯特大学、密歇根州立大学。于2008年至2009年担任（国际）和平科学学会主席，并曾担任胡佛研究所的国民研究员和社会科学研究理事会的对外政策高级研究员。1994年，获国际问题研究学会的卡尔·多伊奇奖。主要著作包括《政治学博弈论》和《政治生存的逻辑》（合著）。

吴澄秋，1975年生，广东吴川人，复旦大学国际关系与公共事务学院副教授。毕业于复旦大学和弗吉尼亚理工学院及州立大学，获经济学学士与硕士、政治学专业文学硕士和规划、治理与全球化专业哲学博士学位。2007年起任教于复旦大学国际关系与公共事务学院国际政治系，研究领域为国际关系理论、政治经济学，比较政治等，对中国对外政策、东亚国际关系、经济治理、人道主义干预、台湾问题等均有所研究，已在中英文学术期刊上发表论文十余篇。

周亦奇，1987年生，上海人，2010年毕业于上海外国语大学国际政治系，获法学学士学位，2012年毕业于复旦大学国际关系与公共事务学院国际政治系，获法学硕士学位。现为上海国际问题研究院信息研究所、西亚非洲研究中心研究实习员，研究方向为政治学理论、中东政治转型、非传统安全、国际非政府组织等。