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“john d steinbruner”

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  • The Cybernetic Theory of Decision

    New Dimensions of Political Analysis

    by John D. Steinbruner ...
    In this classic work, John Steinbruner argues that the time is ripe for exploration of a new theoretical perspective on the decision-making process in government. He suggests that the cybernetic theory of decision as developed in such diverse fields as information theory, mathematical logic, and behavioral psychology generates a systematic but non-rational analysis that seems to explain quite ... Read more

    $38.19 USD

  • A New Concept of Cooperative Security

    by Ashton B. Carter, John D. Steinbruner, William J. Perry ...
    At the moment, the revision of security policy and the formation of a new consensus to support it are still at an early stage of development. The idea of comprehensive security cooperation among the major military establishments to form an inclusive international security arrangement has been only barely acknowledged and is only partially developed. The basic principle of cooperation has been ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • The Effects of Warning on Strategic Stability

    by Bruce G. Blair, John D. Steinbruner ...
    Among its many important effects, the political revolution in central Europe has provided a sharp reminder that international security is as much a state of mind as it is a physical condition. The threat of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe, long hypothesized by Western defense ministries on the basis of a perceived imbalance in inherent conventional force capability, is now acknowledged to be a ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Restructuring American Foreign Policy

    Edited by John D. Steinbruner ...
    In the final days of this century, the United States will need to amend the core of its foreign policy-a formidable task in a large democracy. American thinking, still grounded in post-World War II perceptions, has failed to keep pace with the demands of a changing world. New realities in the U.S. and international economies, in security conditions, and in world politics call for restructuring ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

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  • Report From Iron Mountain

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    This satire from the 1960s makes a convincing claim to be a government document on the destructive effects of the post-Cold War peace on American society and economy and illustrates the fears of a society struggling with its own identity and purpose. ... Read more

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  • Perception and Misperception in International Politics

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    by Robert Jervis, Robert Jervis ...
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    Since its original publication in 1976, Perception and Misperception in International Politics has become a landmark book in its field, hailed by the New York Times as "the seminal statement of principles underlying political psychology." This new edition includes an extensive preface by the author reflecting on the book's lasting impact and legacy, particularly in the application of cognitive ... Read more

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  • Seizing Power

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  • How Reason Almost Lost Its Mind

    The Strange Career of Cold War Rationality

    by Paul Erickson, Judy L. Klein, Lorraine Daston, Rebecca Lemov, Thomas Sturm, Michael D. Gordin ...
    In the United States at the height of the Cold War, roughly between the end of World War II and the early 1980s, a new project of redefining rationality commanded the attention of sharp minds, powerful politicians, wealthy foundations, and top military brass. Its home was the human sciences—psychology, sociology, political science, and economics, among others—and its participants enlisted in an ... Read more

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  • Strategy and History

    Essays on Theory and Practice

    by Colin S. Gray ...
    Series series Strategy and History
    Strategy and History comprises a selection of Professor Gray's key contributions to strategic debate over the past thirty years.These essays have been selected both because they had significant messages for contemporary controversies, and because they have some continuing relevance for today and the future. Each essay in this book is really about strategy in the modern world, and reflects the many ... Read more

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  • Negotiation and Conflict Management

    Essays on Theory and Practice

    by I. William Zartman ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Security and Conflict Management
    This book presents a series of essays by I. William Zartman outlining the evolution of the key concepts required for the study of negotiation and conflict management, such as formula, ripeness, pre-negotiation, mediation, power, process, intractability, escalation, and order.Responding to a lack of useful conceptualization for the analysis of international negotiation, Zartman has developed an ... Read more

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  • How States Think

    The Rationality of Foreign Policy

    by John J. Mearsheimer, Sebastian Rosato ...
    A groundbreaking examination of a central question in international relations: Do states act rationally?To understand world politics, you need to understand how states think. Are states rational? Much of international relations theory assumes that they are. But many scholars believe that political leaders rarely act rationally. The issue is crucial for both the study and practice of international ... Read more

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