War and Happiness : The Role of Temperament in the Assessment of Resolve

This groundbreaking book explains how the happiness levels of leaders, politicians and diplomats affect their assessments of the resolve of their state's adversaries and allies. Its innovative methodology includes case studies of the origins of twelve wars with Anglo-American involvement from 1...

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Egile nagusia: Jenkins, Peter S.
Formatua: Livre numérique
Hizkuntza:Anglais
Argitaratua: Cham : Springer International Publishing [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Edizioa:1st ed. 2019.
Sarrera elektronikoa:Accès sur la plateforme Springer
Accès Université d'Orléans
Oharra: Springer e-books science politique (Licence nationale)
Autres localisations: Voir dans le Sudoc
Edition sous un autre format:• War and Happiness, Texte imprimé, 9783030140779
• War and Happiness, Texte imprimé, 9783030140793
• War and Happiness, Texte imprimé, 9783030140809
Aurkibidea:
  • 1. Introduction 2. Explanatory Style Explained 3. Theories of Reputation for Resolve - from Thucydides to Prospect Theory 4. Text Mining the British Hansard 5. Text Mining the U.S. Congressional Record 6. The Four Crises Leading to the First World War 7. The Appeasement of Nazi Germany 8. The Crimean War versus the Suez Crisis 9. The Falkland Islands War versus the Spanish-American War 10. Pearl Harbor 11. The Korean War versus the Gulf War 12. The Vietnam War versus the Iraq War 13. The Yom Kippur War and the Soviet-Afghan War 14. Donald Trump and the Future of American Foreign Policy: Syria, Iran and North Korea 15. The Leader and the Emotional Climate 16. Conclusion.