{"product_id":"psychology-and-deterrence-paperback","title":"Psychology and Deterrence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Jervis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Ned LeBow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJanice Gross Stein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetterence is the most basic concept in American foreign policy today. But past practice indicates it often fails to work - and may increase the risk of war. \u003ci\u003ePsychology and Deterrence\u003c\/i\u003e reveals this stratgy's hidden and generally simplistic assumptions about the nature of power and aggression, threat and response, and calculation and behavior in the international arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost current analysis, the authors, note, ignore decisionmakers' emotions, preceptions, and domestic political needs, assuming instead that people repond to crisis in highly rational ways. Examining the historical evidence from a psychological perspective, \u003ci\u003ePsychology and Deterrence\u003c\/i\u003e offers case studies on the origins of World War I, the 1973 Arab-Israeli conflict, and the Falklands Wars as seen by the most important participants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese case studies reveal national leaders to be both more cautious and more reckless than theory would predict. They also show how deterrence strategies often backfire by aggravating a nation's sense of insequrity, thereby calling forth the very behavior they seek to prevent. The authors' conclusions offer important insights for superpower bargaining and nuclear deterrence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhychology and Deterrence reveals this strategy's hidden and generally simplistic assumptions about the nature of power and aggression, threat and response, and calculation and behavior in the international arena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Jervis \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003ePerception and Misperception in International Politics \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow Statesmen Think: The Psychology of International Politics\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eRichard Ned Lebow\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of the Program in International Relations at the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9.17 x 6.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451611594930,"sku":"9780801838422","price":56.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a83cd3440287c71febe82f9fabea2841.webp?v=1778798025","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/psychology-and-deterrence-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}