U. S. Presidents and Foreign Policy Mistakes.
Material type: TextPublisher: Redwood City : Stanford University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (360 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780804780698Subject(s): National security -- United States -- Decision making | Presidents -- United States -- Decision making | United States -- Foreign relations -- Decision makingGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: U. S. Presidents and Foreign Policy MistakesDDC classification: 327.73 LOC classification: JZ1480Online resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: The Anatomy of Foreign Policy Mistakes -- 1. Mistakes as a Feature of Everyday Political Life -- 2. Foreign Policy Mistakes and the Exercise of Power -- Part II: Mismanaged Threats -- 3. Fearing Losses Too Little: Deterrence Failures -- 4. Fearing Losses Too Much: False Alarm Failures -- Part III: Mismanaged Opportunities -- 5. Seeking Gains Too Late: Reassurance Failures -- 6. Seeking Gains Too Soon: False Hope Failures -- Part IV: Maximizing Rationality and Minimizing Mistakes -- 7. Foreign Policy Analysis: Maximizing Rationality -- 8. Foreign Policy Analysis: Minimizing Mistakes -- Part V: Foreign Policy Mistakes in Complex Adaptive Systems -- 9. Avoiding Foreign Policy Mistakes: Extension and Expansion -- 10. Foreign Policy Dynamics: The Middle East and South Asia Systems -- 11. Some Final Thoughts: Exploring the Rationality Frontier -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
In this book, the authors offer a map for diagnosing foreign policy mistakes and a compass for steering clear of them.
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