Presidential risk behavior in foreign policy : prudence or peril? / by William A. Boettcher III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boettcher, William A., III, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Decision making--Case studies.

Presidents.

Presidents--United States--Psychology--Case studies.

Risk-taking (Psychology)--Political aspects--United States--Case studies.

Risk-taking (Psychology).

International relations.

Decision making.

Psychology.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989--Decision making--Case studies.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

ix, 214 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Summary:

Bringing Together Research on the situational determinants of risk propensity and on individual personality predispositions, Boettcher draws on findings from political science, psychology, economics, business, and sociology to develop a Risk Explanation Framework (REF) to study the "person in the situation." Using structured, focused comparison, he examines six foreign policy cases from the Truman and Eisenhower administrations to explore how aspirations, fears, time pressures, and other factors influence risk taking. This is thus an important contribution to the study of international relations, foreign policy decision-making, prospect theory and risk behavior, personality theory, and information processing.

Contents:

2 Clarification, Critique, Framework Construction, and Research Concerns 16

3 Truman Case Studies 47

4 Kennedy Case Studies 113.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [190]-201) and index.

ISBN:

1403968543

OCLC:

56493906