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The psychology of strategy : exploring rationality in the Vietnam War /

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How do strategists decide what they wish to achieve through war, and how they might accomplish it? And why does their understanding of violence regularly turn out to be wrong? In seeking answers, this book draws on the study of psychology to examine strategic behaviour during the Vietnam War. It exp...

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Main Author: Payne, Kenneth, 1974- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973.
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994.
Johnson, Lyndon B. > (Lyndon Baines), > 1908-1973
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Psychological aspects.
Strategy > Psychological aspects.
Political science > Decision making.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Aspect psychologique.
Stratégie > Aspect psychologique.
Politique > Prise de décision.
Political science > Decision making
Psychological aspects
Strategy > Psychological aspects
United States of America.
Vietnam War.
Heads of State and Heads of government.
Psychology.
Strategy.
Wars.
1961-1975
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:How do strategists decide what they wish to achieve through war, and how they might accomplish it? And why does their understanding of violence regularly turn out to be wrong? In seeking answers, this book draws on the study of psychology to examine strategic behaviour during the Vietnam War. It explores the ways in which cognitive biases distort our sense of our own agency and our decision-making.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190492120
0190492120