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Between Peace and War

The Nature of International Crisis

By: Richard Ned Lebow

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Paperback | 15 April 1984

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When is war is the result of a nation's deliberate decision to advance its vital interests by force of arms? When is it brought about by miscalculation? What causes policy-makers to misjudge the consequences of their actions? This book takes up these and other questions in a comparative study of the origins, politics, and outcomes of international crisis based on data from 27 historical cases.

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""Lebow has produced a significant work on international crises and their relationship to international politics. His integration of history and international relations theory is particularly laudatory, and he draws some important conclusions concerning deterrence theory and crisis management.""

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Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Underlying vs. Immediate Causes of War	p. 1
Definition of Crisis	p. 7
Selection of Cases	p. 13
Structure of the Book	p. 18
The Origins of Crisis
Justification of Hostility	p. 23
Justification of Hostility	p. 24
The Tactics of Justifying Hostility	p. 29
An Alternative Pattern of Crisis	p. 37
Spinoff Crises	p. 41
The Origins of Spinoff Crises	p. 41
The Politics of Spinoff Crises	p. 53
Brinkmanship	p. 57
The Goals of Brinkmanship	p. 58
The Origins of Brinkmanship	p. 61
Commitments and Opportunities	p. 82
The Politics of Crisis
Cognitive Closure and Crisis Politics	p. 101
Cognitive Consistency and Misperception	p. 102
Decisional Conflicts and Defensive Avoidance	p. 107
Cognitive Processes and Decision-Making Pathologies	p. 111
Defensive Avoidance and Unconscious Conflict	p. 115
The July Crisis: A Case Study	p. 119
The Sources of Misperception	p. 148
The Politicization of Bureaucracy	p. 153
The Primacy of Domestic Politics	p. 169
The Role of National Self-Images	p. 192
Conclusions	p. 222
The Context of Crisis	p. 229
The Variety of Military Options	p. 232
Fear of Strategic Disadvantage	p. 238
Degree of Military Confidence	p. 242
Attitude Toward War	p. 247
Perceptions of the Inevitability of Conflict	p. 254
Prevention vs. Preparation for War	p. 264
Crisis Management and Beyond	p. 266
Crisis Type and Crisis Outcome	p. 266
Stress and Crisis Decision-Making	p. 268
The Limitations of Deterrence	p. 273
Problems of Coordination and Control	p. 281
The Future of Crisis Management	p. 291
Crisis and International Relations
Crisis as a Learning Experience	p. 309
Crisis and the Intensification of Hostility	p. 310
Crisis and the Amelioration of Hostility: The Fashoda Crisis	p. 317
The Lessons of Fashoda and Cuba	p. 326
Conclusions	p. 334
Thucydides Rebutted	p. 334
Name Index	p. 339
Subject Index	p. 344
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