Failing to win : perceptions of victory and defeat in international politics /
How do people decide which country came out ahead in a war or a crisis? In Failing to Win, Dominic Johnson and Dominic Tierney dissect the psychological factors that predispose leaders, media, and the public to perceive outcomes as victories or defeats--often creating wide gaps between perceptions a...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- CONTENTS
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Score-keeping
- 3. Match-fixing
- 4. Sources of Variation
- 5. The Cuban Missile Crisis
- 6. The Tet Offensive
- 7. The Yom Kippur War
- 8. The U.S. Intervention in Somalia
- 9. America at War
- 10. Conclusion
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index