| Description |
1 online resource (xlix, 519 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Intro -- Preface to the First Edition -- Prologue to the 40th Anniversary Edition -- Deterrence -- Typology of Crisis -- Context -- Structure of the Book -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Underlying Versus Immediate Causes of War -- Definition of Crisis -- Selection of Cases -- Structure of the Book -- Part I: The Origins of Crisis -- Chapter 2: Justification of Hostility -- Justification of Hostility -- The Tactics of Justifying Hostility -- An Alternative Pattern of Crisis -- Chapter 3: Spinoff Crises -- The Origins of Spinoff Crises |
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The Politics of Spinoff Crises -- Chapter 4: Brinkmanship -- The Goals of Brinkmanship -- The Origins of Brinkmanship -- Multiple Incentives -- Commitments and Opportunities -- Commitments Should Be Defensible -- A State Must Convince Possible Adversaries of Its Resolve -- Part II: The Politics of Crisis -- Chapter 5: Cognitive Closure and Crisis Politics -- Cognitive Consistency and Misperception -- Decisional Conflicts and Defensive Avoidance -- Cognitive Processes and Decision-Making Pathologies -- Defensive Avoidance and Unconscious Conflict -- The July Crisis: A Case Study |
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Chapter 6: The Sources of Misperception -- The Politicization of Bureaucracy -- The Primacy of Domestic Politics -- The Role of National Self-Images -- Conclusions -- Chapter 7: The Context of Crisis -- The Variety of Military Options -- Fear of Strategic Disadvantage -- Degree of Military Confidence -- Attitude Toward War -- Perceptions of the Inevitability of Conflict -- Prevention Versus Preparation for War -- Chapter 8: Crisis Management and Beyond -- Crisis Type and Crisis Outcome -- Stress and Crisis Decision-Making -- The Limitations of Deterrence -- Problems of Coordination and Control |
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The Future of Crisis Management -- Part III: Crisis and International Relations -- Chapter 9: Crisis as a Learning Experience -- Crisis and the Intensification of Hostility -- Crisis and the Amelioration of Hostility: The Fashoda Crisis -- The Lessons of Fashoda and Cuba -- Chapter 10: Conclusions -- Thucydides Rebutted -- Chapter 11: World War I, Crisis Management, and International Relations Theory -- Historians and World War I -- Representativeness -- Contingency -- Balance of Power -- Deterrence -- Crisis Management -- Conclusions -- Epilogue -- Deterrence and Compellence Redux |
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Old Wine in New Bottles -- Tilting at the Conventional Wisdom -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Name Index -- Subject Index |
| Summary |
This is an updated edition of the now-classic original of the same title. It has three new substantial chapters: a prologue, a chapter on new evidence on World War I, and an epilogue. The updated edition contains the now-famous typology of international crisis, the original critique of deterrence, the emphasis on agency, and the turn to political psychology to explain sharp departures from rational policy-making. The new chapters update and reevaluate these arguments and approach a critical hindsight assessment in light of post-Cold War developments. Richard Ned Lebow is Professor of International Political Theory at Kings College London, UK |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 23, 2020) |
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International relations.
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international relations.
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International relations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030434434 |
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3030434435 |
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