Del i serien SUNY series in The Making of Foreign Policy: Theories and Issues

Power Over Rationality

The Bush Administration and the Gulf Crisis

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

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To most Americans, the Gulf War symbolizes the culmination of a highly sophisticated decision-making process within the Bush administration. In this highly readable and challenging book, Hybel demonstrates the shortcomings of such a view by using cognitive models to examine how the administration defined problems, identified goals, assessed alternatives, and selected options during the seven months preceding the start of the war.This book will prove to be a critical contribution to the understanding of the Bush administration's thinking process during the Gulf crisis and of the value of cognitive models in explaining foreign policy making.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1993-02-11
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in The Making of Foreign Policy: Theories and Issues
Antal sidor143
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791414217

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"This is a provocative book, not just because it advances a critical theory or a counter-intuitive interpretation but also because it poses important and tough questions about some crucial issues of both social science inquiry and contemporary U.S. foreign policy. Its enduring contribution is that it provides the context within which any case materials relevant to the conduct of foreign policy can be evaluated." — from the Foreword by James Rosenau"What appeals to me most is the fit and balance the author achieves between the theoretical argument and the case study. Hybel makes genuine use of the history as he develops his argument, and as a result, he does more than illustrate cognitive principles. He provides a genuine explanation of why Bush rushed into the war in the Gulf." — Dwain Mefford, Ohio State University