The Political Psychology Of The Gulf War
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The Political Psychology Of The Gulf War
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Author : Stanley Allen Renshon
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
Release Date : 1993-03-15
The Political Psychology Of The Gulf War written by Stanley Allen Renshon 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 1993-03-15 with History categories.
In these original essays, widely respected experts analyze the personal psychologies and public belief systems of the individuals and nations involved in the Gulf War - from George Bush and Saddam Hussein to the peoples of the United States, Israel, and Arab countries. Approaching the events of 1990-1991 from the perspectives of psychology, history, mass communications, and political science, these scholars examine the dynamic relationship of events, behavior, and perceptions. Part I deals with the psychological and political origins of the war; part II focuses on George Bush, Saddam Hussein, and the nature of their leadership and judgement; part III discusses the battle for public perceptions and beliefs waged by both sides; part IV analyzes the results of that battle as revealed by the understanding of the U.S., Israeli, and Arab publics; and part V deals with the war's consequences. A postscript by Stanley Renshon covers military actions in the Gulf in late 1992 and early 1993.
American Public Opinion On The Iraq War
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Author : Ole R. Holsti
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2011-11-07
American Public Opinion On The Iraq War written by Ole R. Holsti and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-07 with History categories.
Shifts in public opinion have had an impact on U.S. foreign policy
The Persian Gulf War
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Author : Herbert H. Blumberg
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Amer
Release Date : 1994
The Persian Gulf War written by Herbert H. Blumberg and has been published by University Press of Amer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
This collection assesses the Gulf War from a variety of social science perspectives and across several disciplines: history, international relations, economics, psychology, and law. Contributors: Joe Stork, Ann M. Lesch, John Simpson, John Bulloch, Harvey Morris, Adel Darwish, Judith Miller, Laurie Mylroie, Clive Ponting, Peter W. Rodman, James Petras, Charles William Maynes, Hugh Miall, Peter Custers, Maarten Smeets, George Joffe, Ralph K. White, Jerrold M. Post, Christopher C. French, Christopher Greenwood, Michael J. Glennon, Michael T. Klare, Mark Kramer, David Albright, Mark Hibbs, Rune Ottosen, Louis Kriesberg, Amnesty International, Michael K. Walzer, Amin Saikal, Chris Dammers, Mary Ann Tetreault, Rashid I. Khalidi, Clovis Maksoud, Robert E. Harkavy, Bruce R. Kuniholm, Jeremy Seabrook, Amnon Kapeiiouk, Masaru Tamamoto, Jerry W. Sanders, Oliver Ramsbotham, K. Subrahmanyam, George Perkovich, John C. Olanyi, Dou Hui, Pam Solo, Thomas Risse-Kappan, Leonard V. Johnson, John W. Dower, Mohamed Nabil Fahmy, Bernard Wood, Marilyn B. Young, Bruce Russett, James S. Sutterlin, Stephen Lewis, Jim Wurst, Robert C. Johansen, and Herbert H. Blumberg.
National Security Through A Cockeyed Lens
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Author : Steve A. Yetiv
language : en
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Release Date : 2013-11-21
National Security Through A Cockeyed Lens written by Steve A. Yetiv and has been published by Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-21 with Psychology categories.
A study examining how poor decision-making based on mental errors or cognitive biases hurts American foreign policy and national security. Author Steve A. Yetiv draws on four decades of psychological, historical, and political science research on cognitive biases to illuminate some of the key pitfalls in our leaders’ decision-making processes and some of the mental errors we make in perceiving ourselves and the world. Tracing five U.S. national security episodes?the 1979 Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan; the Iran-Contra affair during the Reagan administration; the rise of al-Qaeda, leading to the 9/11 attacks; the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq; and the development of U.S. energy policy?Yetiv reveals how a dozen cognitive biases have been more influential in impacting U.S. national security than commonly believed or understood. Identifying a primary bias in each episode?disconnect of perception versus reality, tunnel vision (“focus feature”), distorted perception (“cockeyed lens”), overconfidence, and short-term thinking?Yetiv explains how each bias drove the decision-making process and what the outcomes were for the various actors. His concluding chapter examines a range of debiasing techniques, exploring how they can improve decision making. Praise for National Security through a Cockeyed Lens “Yetiv’s volume could be one of the key books for presidents and their advisers to read before they begin making decisions.” —William W. Newmann, H-Diplo “The principles in this book deserve wide recognition. Yetiv places necessary focus on lapses in decision making that are important to acknowledge.” —James Lebovic, Political Science Quarterly
Saddam Is Iraq
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Author : Jerrold M. Post
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Saddam Is Iraq written by Jerrold M. Post and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Iraq categories.
Identified as a member of the "axis of evil" by President George W. Bush, Saddam Hussein's Iraq continues to pose a major threat to the region and to Western society. Saddam has doggedly pursued the development of weapons of mass destruction, despite U.N. sanctions imposed at the conclusion of the Gulf crisis. To deal effectively with Saddam Hussein requires a clear understanding of his motivations, perceptions, and decision-making. To provide a framework for this complex political leader, a comprehensive political psychology profile has been developed, and his actions since the crisis analyzed in the context of this political psychology assessment.
War And Human Nature
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Author : Stephen Peter Rosen
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2009-02-09
War And Human Nature written by Stephen Peter Rosen and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-09 with Political Science categories.
Why did President John F. Kennedy choose a strategy of confrontation during the Cuban missile crisis even though his secretary of defense stated that the presence of missiles in Cuba made no difference? Why did large numbers of Iraqi troops surrender during the Gulf War even though they had been ordered to fight and were capable of doing so? Why did Hitler declare war on the United States knowing full well the power of that country? War and Human Nature argues that new findings about the way humans are shaped by their inherited biology may help provide answers to such questions. This seminal work by former Defense Department official Stephen Peter Rosen contends that human evolutionary history has affected the way we process the information we use to make decisions. The result is that human choices and calculations may be very different from those predicted by standard models of rational behavior. This notion is particularly true in the area of war and peace, Rosen contends. Human emotional arousal affects how people learn the lessons of history. For example, stress and distress influence people's views of the future, and testosterone levels play a role in human social conflict. This thought-provoking and timely work explores the mind that has emerged from the biological sciences over the last generation. In doing so, it helps shed new light on many persistent puzzles in the study of war.
Roots Of War
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Author : David G. Winter
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-09-01
Roots Of War written by David G. Winter and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-01 with Psychology categories.
Ever since Thucydides pondered reasons for the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, writers, philosophers, and social scientists have tried to identify factors that promote conflict escalation: for example, history (tomorrow's wars are often rooted in yesterday's conflicts), changing balance of power among nations, or domestic political forces. In the end, however, these "causes" are constructed by human beings and involve the memories, emotions, and motives of both the leaders and the led. In July 1914, the long-standing peace of Europe was shattered when the Sarajevo assassinations quickly escalated to World War I. In contrast, at the height of the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis could have easily plunged the world into a thermonuclear world war, but was ultimately peacefully resolved. Why the different outcomes? In Roots of War: Wanting Power, Seeing Threat, Justifying Force, David G. Winter identifies three psychological factors that contributed to the differences in these historical outcomes: the desire for power, exaggerated perception of the opponent's threat, and justification for using military force. Several lines of research establish how these factors lead to escalation and war: comparative archival studies of "war" and "peace" crises, laboratory experiments on threat perception, and surveys of factors leading people to believe that a particular war is "just." The research findings in Roots of War also demonstrate the importance of power in preserving peace through diplomatic interventions, past and present.
Interagency Fratricide
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Author : Vicki J. Rast
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Interagency Fratricide written by Vicki J. Rast and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Education categories.
The United States government promulgates national security policy through a complex, recursive negotiation process across multiple interagency players. When coercive intervention requires the use of force, it is imperative to understand the ways in which interagency conflict within the US government influences policies regarding conflict termination and withdrawal. Drawing upon the experiences of 135 interagency participants, Maj Vicki J. Rast, USAF, examines the conflict termination policy development processes for the Persian Gulf War (1990-91) and the Bosnia Conflict (1993-95).
America And Iraq
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Author : David Ryan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-01-13
America And Iraq written by David Ryan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-13 with History categories.
This edited volume provides an overview on US involvement in Iraq from the 1958 Iraqi coup to the present-day, offering a deeper context to the current conflict. Using a range of innovative methods to interrogate US foreign policy, ideology and culture, the book provides a broad set of reflections on past, present and future implications of US-Iraqi relations, and especially the strategic implications for US policy-making. In doing so, it examines several key aspects of relationship such as: the 1958 Iraqi Revolution; the impact of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War; the impact of the Nixon Doctrine on the regional balance of power; US attempts at rapprochement during the 1980s; the 1990-91 Gulf War; and, finally, sanctions and inspections. Analysis of the contemporary Iraq crisis sets US plans against the ‘reality’ they faced in the country, and explores both attempts to bring security to Iraq, and the implications of failure.
Security Threatened
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Author : Alan Arian
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995-11-24
Security Threatened written by Alan Arian and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-11-24 with History categories.
Security Threatened is the first major analysis of the interactions among opinion, politics and policy in Israel since the Six Days war of 1967.