Presidential risk behavior in foreign policy
Subtitle: prudence or peril?
By: by William A. Boettcher III
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Decision making -- Case studies; Presidents -- United States -- Psychology -- Case studies; Risk-taking (Psychology) -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989 -- Decision making -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Description: 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 Kennedy administrations to explore how aspirations, fears, time pressures, and other factors influence risk taking.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-201) and index