Perception and Misperception in International Politics

by Robert Jervis

Book Overview

This study of perception and misperception in foreign policy was a landmark in the application of cognitive psychology to political decision making. The New York Times called it, in an article published nearly ten years after the book's appearance, the seminal statement of principles underlying political psychology.

The perspective established by Jervis remains an important counterpoint to structural explanations of international...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691100497
• ISBN13: 9780691100494
• Release Date: November 1976
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"