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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825762503321
• Autore: Boettcher William A. <1969->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
• ISBN: 1-281-36807-5; 9786611368074; 1-4039-7940-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 pages)
• Disciplina: 327.730019
• Soggetti: Presidents - United States - Decision making; Presidents - United States - Psychology; Risk-taking (Psychology) - Political aspects - United States; United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 Decision making Case studies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-201) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; One: Introduction; Two: Clarification, Critique, Framework Construction, and Research Concerns; Three: Truman Case Studies; Four: Kennedy Case Studies; Five: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.