War and Happiness : The Role of Temperament in the Assessment of Resolve.
Jenkins, Peter S.
2019
JZ6385
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Title War and Happiness : The Role of Temperament in the Assessment of Resolve.
Author Jenkins, Peter S.
ISBN 9783030140786 (electronic book)
3030140784 (electronic book)
9783030140779
Imprint Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (383 pages)
Call Number JZ6385
Dewey Decimal Classification 909.82
Summary This groundbreaking book explains how the happiness levels of leaders, politicians and diplomats affect their assessments of the resolve of their state’s adversaries and allies. Its innovative methodology includes case studies of the origins of twelve wars with Anglo-American involvement from 1853 to 2003 and the psycholinguistic text mining of the British Hansard and the U.S. Congressional Record. Peter S. Jenkins is Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Toronto, Canada, and recently taught in the Faculty of Law of Monash University in Prato, Italy. He is a member of the State Bar of California.-- Provided by publisher.
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1. Introduction
2. Explanatory Style Explained
3. Theories of Reputation for Resolve
from Thucydides to Prospect Theory
4. Text Mining the British Hansard
5. Text Mining the U.S. Congressional Record
6. The Four Crises Leading to the First World War
7. The Appeasement of Nazi Germany
8. The Crimean War versus the Suez Crisis
9. The Falkland Islands War versus the Spanish-American War
10. Pearl Harbor
11. The Korean War versus the Gulf War
12. The Vietnam War versus the Iraq War
13. The Yom Kippur War and the Soviet-Afghan War
14. Donald Trump and the Future of American Foreign Policy: Syria, Iran and North Korea
15. The Leader and the Emotional Climate
16. Conclusion.

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