Failing to Win : Perceptions of Victory and Defeat in International Politics / Dominic Tierney, Dominic D. P Johnson.
Johnson, Dominic D. P, author.; Tierney, Dominic, author.
2009
U21.2 -- J626 2006eb
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Title Failing to Win : Perceptions of Victory and Defeat in International Politics / Dominic Tierney, Dominic D. P Johnson.
Author Johnson, Dominic D. P, author.
ISBN 9780674039179
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674039179
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2006
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (357 p.)
Item Number 10.4159/9780674039179 doi
Call Number U21.2 -- J626 2006eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 303.6/6
Summary How do people decide which country came out ahead in a war or a crisis? In Failing to Win, Dominic Johnson and Dominic Tierney dissect the psychological factors that predispose leaders, media, and the public to perceive outcomes as victories or defeats--often creating wide gaps between perceptions and reality.
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Frontmatter
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Score-keeping
3. Match-fixing
4. Sources of Variation
5. The Cuban Missile Crisis
6. The Tet Offensive
7. The Yom Kippur War
8. The U.S. Intervention in Somalia
9. America at War
10. Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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