Knowing the Adversary : : Leaders, Intelligence, and Assessment of Intentions in International Relations / / Keren Yarhi-Milo.

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• VerfasserIn: Yarhi-Milo, Keren,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics ; 146
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (360 p.) :; 2 tables.

States are more likely to engage in risky and destabilizing actions such as military buildups and preemptive strikes if they believe their adversaries pose a tangible threat. Yet despite the crucial importance of this issue, we don't know enough about how states and their leaders draw inference...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Theories of Intentions and the Problem of Attention
• Chapter 2. Indicators of Nazi Germany's Intentions and the Coming of World War II, 1934-39
• Chapter 3. British Decision Makers' Perceptions of Nazi Germany's Intentions
• Chapter 4. The British Intelligence Community's Assessments of Nazi Germany's Intentions
• Chapter 5. The Carter Era and the Collapse of Détente, 1977-80
• Chapter 6. US Decision Makers' Perceptions of Soviet Intentions: The Collapse of Détente
• Chapter 7. The US Intelligence Community's Assessments of Soviet Intentions: The Collapse of Détente
• Chapter 8. Indicators of Soviet Intentions and the End of the Cold War, 1985-88
• Chapter 9. US Decision Makers' Perceptions of Soviet Intentions: The End of the Cold War
• Chapter 10. The US Intelligence Community's Assessments of Soviet Intentions: The End of the Cold War
• Chapter 11. Summary and Implications
• Appendix: Summary of Hypotheses
• Notes
• Index