Illusions Of Conflict
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Overconfidence And War
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Author : Dominic D. P. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-07-01
Overconfidence And War written by Dominic D. P. Johnson and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-01 with Political Science categories.
Opponents rarely go to war without thinking they can win--and clearly, one side must be wrong. This conundrum lies at the heart of the so-called "war puzzle": rational states should agree on their differences in power and thus not fight. But as Dominic Johnson argues in Overconfidence and War, states are no more rational than people, who are susceptible to exaggerated ideas of their own virtue, of their ability to control events, and of the future. By looking at this bias--called "positive illusions"--as it figures in evolutionary biology, psychology, and the politics of international conflict, this book offers compelling insights into why states wage war. Johnson traces the effects of positive illusions on four turning points in twentieth-century history: two that erupted into war (World War I and Vietnam); and two that did not (the Munich crisis and the Cuban missile crisis). Examining the two wars, he shows how positive illusions have filtered into politics, causing leaders to overestimate themselves and underestimate their adversaries--and to resort to violence to settle a conflict against unreasonable odds. In the Munich and Cuban missile crises, he shows how lessening positive illusions may allow leaders to pursue peaceful solutions. The human tendency toward overconfidence may have been favored by natural selection throughout our evolutionary history because of the advantages it conferred--heightening combat performance or improving one's ability to bluff an opponent. And yet, as this book suggests--and as the recent conflict in Iraq bears out--in the modern world the consequences of this evolutionary legacy are potentially deadly.
Is Conflict Adaptation An Illusion
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Author : James R Schmidt
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2015-05-20
Is Conflict Adaptation An Illusion written by James R Schmidt and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-20 with Electronic book categories.
Conflict adaptation theory is one of the most popular theories in cognitive psychology. The theory argues that participants strategically modulate attention away from distracting stimulus features in response to conflict. Although results with proportion congruent, sequential congruency, and similar paradigms seem consistent with the conflict adaptation view, some researchers have expressed scepticism. The paradigms used in the study of conflict adaptation require the manipulation of stimulus frequencies, sequential dependencies, time-on-task regularities, and various other task regularities that introduce the potential for learning of conflict-unrelated information. This results in the unintentional confounding of measures of conflict adaptation with simpler learning and memory biases. There are also alternative accounts which propose that attentional adaptation does occur, but via different mechanisms, such as valence, expectancy, or effort. A significant (and often heated) debate remains surrounding the question of whether conflict adaptation exists independent of these alternative mechanisms of action. The aim of this Research Topic is to provide a forum for current directions in this area, considering perspectives from all sides of the debate.
Illusions Of Conflict
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Author : Joseph Smith
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 1979
Illusions Of Conflict written by Joseph Smith and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with History categories.
This book presents the first comprehensive treatment of Anglo-American rivalry over Latin America in the late nineteenth century, who battled for economic and political influence in the region from the Civil War until 1895, when the Venezuelan boundary dispute came to a head and the Monroe Doctrine was finally recognized by the British. Yet author Joseph Smith posits that this was only an illusion of conflict, that the two major powers has shared objectives all along in the region.
Middle East Illusions
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Author : Noam Chomsky
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2003
Middle East Illusions written by Noam Chomsky and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
Discusses the history of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, the involvement of the United States in the peace process, and the changing face of terrorism in the twenty-first century.
Illusions Of Conflict
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Author : Joseph Smith
language : en
Publisher: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 1979
Illusions Of Conflict written by Joseph Smith and has been published by Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with History categories.
This book presents the first comprehensive treatment of Anglo-American rivalry over Latin America in the late nineteenth century, who battled for economic and political influence in the region from the Civil War until 1895, when the Venezuelan boundary dispute came to a head and the Monroe Doctrine was finally recognized by the British. Yet author Joseph Smith posits that this was only an illusion of conflict, that the two major powers has shared objectives all along in the region.
Illusions Of Conflict
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Author : Joseph Smith
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
Release Date : 1979-03-15
Illusions Of Conflict written by Joseph Smith and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Pre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-03-15 with History categories.
This book presents the first comprehensive treatment of Anglo-American rivalry over Latin America in the late nineteenth century, who battled for economic and political influence in the region from the Civil War until 1895, when the Venezuelan boundary dispute came to a head and the Monroe Doctrine was finally recognized by the British. Yet author Joseph Smith posits that this was only an illusion of conflict, that the two major powers has shared objectives all along in the region.
Middle East Illusions
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Author : Noam Chomsky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-08-01
Middle East Illusions written by Noam Chomsky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-01 with Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000- categories.
How Are The Dynamics Of The Israel-Palestinian Conflict Changing Today? What Are The Responsibilities Of The United States And Europe, Especially In A Post 9-11 Era? How Do We Define Terror ? How Do Misperceptions Define Current Policy And How Can We Look Beyond Them To Find More Viable Solutions? These Are Among The Many Current And Divisive Questions Noam Chomsky Takes Up In His Newest Book, Middle East Illusions. This Latest Work Includes Chapters Written By Chomsky Just Before The 2000 Intifada And Up Through October 2002. As 9-11 And The Us Campaign Against Iraq Have Added New Pressures To Longstanding Conflicts, Chomsky S Voice Should Be Heard Now More Than Ever. The Book Also Includes The Full Text Of Chomsky S Earlier Release, Peace In The Middle East?: Reflections On Justice And Nationhood, Written During The Crucial Period Spanning The Six-Day And 1973 Wars, Which Continue To Define And Deeply Influence Events Today.
Democracy And War
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Author : Errol Anthony Henderson
language : en
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Release Date : 2002
Democracy And War written by Errol Anthony Henderson and has been published by Lynne Rienner Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
Henderson (political science, Wayne State U.) uses the same basic research design of the democratic peace proposition (DPP)--which contends that democracies rarely fight each other, are generally more peaceful than nondemocracies, and rarely experience civil war--to challenge the validity of the DPP. His results indicate that democracy is not significantly associated with a decreased likelihood of international war, militarized disputes, or civil wars in postcolonial states. He finds that in war between states and nonstate actors, such as colonial and imperial wars, democracies in general are less likely but Western states, specifically, are more likely to become involved in this type of "extrastate" war. He argues that global peace will require more than a worldwide spread of democracy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Convergence Or Conflict In The Taiwan Strait
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Author : J. Michael Cole
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017
Convergence Or Conflict In The Taiwan Strait written by J. Michael Cole and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with China categories.
10 The trap that China set for itself -- 11 The myth of inevitability -- 12 Is war the only option? -- 13 The 2016 elections: A return to uncertainty? -- Part 4 Why Taiwan matters -- 14 The last free refuge -- 15 The folly of abandonment -- 16 What can Taiwan do? -- Acknowledgments -- Index
The Vital Lie
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Author : Anthony S. Abbott
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2003-08-08
The Vital Lie written by Anthony S. Abbott and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-08 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Vital Lie is the first book to examine the reality-illusion conflict in modern drama from Ibsen to present-day playwrights. The book questions why vital lies, lies necessary for life itself, are such an obsessive concern for playwrights of the last hundred years. Using the work of fifteen playwrights, Abbott seeks to discover if modern playwrights treat illusions as helpful or necessary to life, or as signals of sicknesses from which human beings need to be cured. What happens to characters when they are forced to face the truth about themselves and their worlds without the protection of their illusions? The author develops a three-part historical analysis of the use of the reality-illusion theme, from its origins as a metaphysical search to its current elaborations as a theatrical game.