Calculating Credibility: How Leaders Assess Military Threats

by Daryl G. Press

Book Overview

Calculating Credibility examines--and ultimately rejects--a fundamental belief held by laypeople and the makers of American foreign policy: the notion that backing down during a crisis reduces a country's future credibility. Fear of diminished credibility motivated America's costly participation in the Korean and Vietnam wars, and, since the end of the Cold War, this concern has continued to guide American policy decisions. Daryl G. Press uses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801443431
• ISBN13: 9780801443435
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher