U.S. presidents and foreign policy mistakes / Stephen G. Walker and Akan Malici.
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 347 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Mistakes as a feature of everyday political life
- Foreign policy mistakes and the exercise of power
- Fearing losses too little : deterrence failures
- Fearing losses too much : false alarm failures
- Seeking gains too late : reassurance failures
- Seeking gains too soon : false hope failures
- Foreign policy analysis : maximizing rationality
- Foreign policy analysis : minimizing mistakes
- Avoiding foreign policy mistakes : extension and expansion
- Foreign policy dynamics : the Middle East and South Asia systems
- Some final thoughts : exploring the rationality frontier.