Zachary Shore

A Sense of the Enemy

The High Stakes History of Reading Your Rival's Mind

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Produktbeschreibung

A bold explanation of how and why national leaders are able--or unable--to correctly analyze and predict the intentions of foreign rivals

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 166mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780199987375
• ISBN-10: 0199987378
• Artikelnr.: 38031991

Autorenporträt

Zachary Shore is Associate Professor of History, Naval Postgraduate School; he is the author of What Hitler Knew, Breeding Bin Ladens, and Blunder.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Conscience of an Empire
1. Fitting In: Some Thoughts on Scholarship, Sources, and Methods
2. Arming Your Enemy: Stresemann's Maneuver, Act I
3. Steady on the Tightrope: Stresemann's Maneuver, Act II
4. Stalin the Simulator: The Problem of Projected Rationality
5. A Rendezvous With Evil: How Roosevelt Read Hitler
6. Hanoi's New Foe: Le Duan Prepares for America
7. Counting Bodies: The Benefits of Escalation
8. Overdog Errors
9. Number Worship
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index