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U.S. presidents and foreign policy mistakes [electronic resource] / Stephen G. Walker and Akan Malici.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Security Series, 2011.Description: ix, 347 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780804780698 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 327.73 22
LOC classification:
  • JZ1480 .W33 2011
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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