Strategic instincts : the adaptive advantages of cognitive biases in international politics /

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"At the heart of much work in international relations is the attempt to understand why citizens and leaders act as they do-and over the last decade, a growing body of research has shown that the "rational choice theory" that has long guided this understanding is insufficient. People d...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Johnson, Dominic D. P., 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Series:Princeton studies in international history and politics.
Subjects:
Munich Four-Power Agreement > (1938)
Munich Four-Power Agreement.
1775-1945
International relations > Psychological aspects.
International relations > Decision making.
Strategy > Psychological aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area.
Relations internationales > Aspect psychologique.
Relations internationales > Prise de décision.
Stratégie > Aspect psychologique.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Pacifique, Océan.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
Military campaigns.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution)
Pacific Area.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : our gift
  • Adaptive biases : making the right mistakes in international politics
  • The evolution of an idea : politics in the age of biology
  • Fortune favors the bold : the strategic advantages of overconfidence
  • The lion and the mouse : overconfidence and the American Revolution
  • Hedging bets : the strategic advantages of attribution error
  • Know your enemy : Britain and the appeasement of Hitler
  • United we stand : the strategic advantages of group bias
  • No mercy : the Pacific campaign of World War II
  • Overkill : the limits of adaptive biases
  • Guardian angels : the strategic advantages of cognitive biases.

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