Explaining foreign policy : U.S. decision-making in the Gulf wars /
Yetiv, Steven A.
Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins Univeristy Press,
2011.
The United States, Iraq, and the crisis : some background -- The rational actor model -- A cognitive compass: analogies at work -- Constructing the threat: Saddam the global menace -- Elements of groupthink on the road to war -- Government politics: not much, actually -- Mirror, mirror, on the wall : evaluating the perspective -- Threading the tale -- Tackling puzzles and developing theory -- Understanding government behavior: integrating process, choice and outcome -- Invading Iraq -- Beyond the gulf: foreign policy and world politics.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-307) and index.
Persian Gulf War, 1991
Persian Gulf War, 1991