UID:
almafu_9960117243102883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 215 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-316-41095-1
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1-316-41311-X
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1-139-14933-4
Series Statement:
Presidents, kings, dictators, and war Why leaders fight
Content:
The history of political events is made by people. From wars to elections to political protests, the choices we make, our actions, how we behave, dictate events. Not all individuals have the same impact on our world and our lives. Some peoples' choices alter the pathways that history takes. In particular, national chief executives play a large role in forging the destinies of the countries they lead. Why Leaders Fight is about those world leaders and how their beliefs, world views, and tolerance for risk and military conflict are shaped by their life experiences before they enter office - military, family, occupation, and more. Using in-depth research on important leaders and the largest set of data on leader backgrounds ever gathered, the authors of Why Leaders Fight show that - within the constraints of domestic political institutions and the international system - who ends up in office plays a critical role in determining when and why countries go to war.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Figures -- List of Photographs -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Why Study Leader Experiences? -- Demonstrating That Leader Experiences Matter -- The Need for LEAD -- Anticipating Objections -- Leaders Do Not Have Exclusive Control over Martial Decisions -- Background Experiences Are Not Determinative of Future Actions -- Leaders Don't Matter -- They Just Reflect the Times They Are In -- 1 How Leaders Matter -- Introduction -- Research on Leaders Within International Relations: False Revival? -- What Does It Mean to Say That a Leader Is Risky? -- The Psychological Definition of Risk -- The Economic Definition of Risk -- A Theory of How Leaders' Experiences Shape International Conflict -- Which Life Experiences Matter? -- The Role of National and Rebel Military Experience -- Military Success and Failure -- The Role of Rebel Military Service -- Education -- Prior Occupation (Job) -- Age -- Family Background -- Parental Stability -- Childhood Wealth -- Parental Occupation -- Gender -- Birth Order -- How Leaders Operate Within Political Systems -- 2 Systematically Evaluating Leader Risk -- Building a Database of Leader Background Attributes -- Testing the Relative Importance of Leaders -- Which Leader Attributes Matter? -- Controlling for Other Factors That Influence National Militarized Behavior -- Nikita Khrushchev -- John F. Kennedy -- Conclusion -- 3 Leader Risk across Geography and Time -- Mapping Leader Risk -- Europe -- North America -- Middle East and North Africa -- Africa -- Asia -- Central/South/Latin America -- Evaluating the Relative Importance of Leaders -- How Leaders Matter Depending on the Balance of Power -- How Leaders Matter Across Different Political Regimes -- Controlling for Leader Selection -- Conclusion.
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4 The Experiences That Matter I: Military/Rebel Status, Age, and Education -- Military and Rebel Experience -- Military Experience Without Combat -- Regular Military Experience with Combat -- Rebel Experience -- When Former Rebels Lead Democracies -- Leader Age -- Education -- Conclusion -- 5 The Experiences That Matter II: Childhood, Family, and Gender -- Family Background -- Parental Stability -- Childhood Wealth -- Childhood War Trauma -- Birth Order -- Gender -- Women as Leaders -- Women and Age in Power -- Corazon Aquino -- Kim Campbell -- Experiences with War -- Corazon Aquino -- Margaret Thatcher -- Are There Effects from Motherhood? -- Margaret Thatcher -- Benazir Bhutto -- Golda Meir -- The Militarized Behavior of Female Leaders -- Conclusion -- 6 ''L'état, c'est moi'' - or Is It? -- The Return of the Leader -- After Leaders Go to War -- Public Policy Implications -- Future Avenues for Research -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-65567-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-02293-2
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139149334
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