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    <namePart>Malici, Akan</namePart>
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    <publisher>Stanford Security Series</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2011</dateIssued>
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    <extent>ix, 347 p. : ill.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>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.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Stephen G. Walker and Akan Malici.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <note>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.</note>
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