Analogies at War Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions Of 1965

Name: Analogies at War Korea, Munich, Dien Bien Phu, and the Vietnam Decisions Of 1965
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ISBN: 9780691025353

ISBN-10: 0691025355

ISBN-13: 9780691025353

Edition: 1992

Authors: Yuen Foong Khong

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From World War I to Operation Desert Storm, American policymakers have repeatedly invoked the "lessons of history" as they contemplated taking their nation to war. Do these historical analogies actually shape policy, or are they primarily tools of political justification? Yuen Foong Khong argues that leaders use analogies not merely to justify policies but also to perform specific cognitive and information-processing tasks essential to political decision-making. Khong identifies what these tasks are and shows how they can be used to explain the U.S. decision to intervene in Vietnam. Relying on interviews with senior officials and on recently declassified documents, the author demonstrates…

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List price: $53.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 5/5/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.17" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

S. Neil MacFarlane is Lester B. Pearson Professor of International Relations and Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at Oxford University and Professional Fellow at St. Anne's College.Yuen Foong Khong is John G. Winant University Lecturer in American Foreign Policy and Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford University.



List of Figures and Tables


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations



The Argument



Analogical Reasoning in Foreign Affairs: Two Views



The AE Framework



America's Vietnam Options



The Cases



Containment, Analogies, and the Pre-1965 Vietnam Decisions



Korea



Dien Bien Phu



Munich and the 1930s



The Implications



The Psychology of Analogical Reasoning



Conclusion


Bibliography


Index