Psychology and Deterrence (Perspectives on Security)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 1, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780801838422
Subjects: Central government policies; International relations; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Social, group or collective psychology; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Foreign Policy Formulation; Political Psychology; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Military - Nuclear Warfare; Political Science / International Security
First sentence: Deterrence posits a psychological relationship, so it is strange that most analyses of it have ignored decision makers' emotions, perceptions, and calculations and have instead relied on deductive logic based on the premise that people are highly rational.