Which lessons matter? : American foreign policy decision making in the Middle East, 1979-1987 /
"This book offers a model of the analogical reasoning process that helps answer the important question of why some historical analogies are seen as relevant for later decisions, while others are ignored. It explores the previously neglected possibility that analogies can do more than simply adv...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
State University of New York Press,
2000.
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| Series: | SUNY series in global politics.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Analogies, choice, and foreign policy
- The historical repertoire
- The rise and fall of analogies: the Carter administration and the hostage crisis
- Evading an analogy: the legacy of the Iranian hostage crisis and the policy toward hostages in Lebanon
- The lessons of history and foreign policy: results and areas for further study.
