1st Edition
Presidents, Secretaries Of State, And Crises In U.s. Foreign Relations A Model And Predictive Analysis
By Lawrence Falkowski
Copyright 1978
188 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book presents a new approach to analyzing the impact of individuals on U.S. foreign policy and reports the results of this analysis for all post-World War II presidents and secretaries of state, including President Carter and Secretary of State Vance. Its compelling but fundamentally simple theme suggests that it may be unnecessary to adopt traditional models of psychology in order to predict... Read more
Introduction -- The Utility of Perceptions, Memory, and Motivation in Foreign Policy -- A Model for Predicting Behavior: Research Design and Crisis Measurement Techniques -- What Crises Can We Study? -- A View of Individuals in Foreign Policy Crises -- Predicting Flexible Behavior -- The Outcomes of Future Crises: A Modest Prediction -- Appendix: Coding Manual
Biography
Lawrence S. Falkowski is assistant professor of political science at Louisiana State University, where he specializes in the fields of international politics and foreign policy. Dr. Falkowski is author of a major foreign policy text, Beyond the National Interest: Toward a New Understanding of Foreign Policy.
