Soviet Risk-Taking and Crisis Behavior: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis

ISBN-13: 9781032335810 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 384 str.

Hannes Adomeit

Opis

Soviet Risk-Taking and Crisis Behavior, first published in 1982, examines the question: for what purposes and under what conditions were Soviet leaders prepared to take risks in international relations? It defines the concept of risk in nuclear-armed foreign relations, and analyses Soviet behavior in the Berlin crises.

Spis treści

Part 1. Theory  1. Risk and Risk-Taking  2. A Chess Game Named Disaster  3. Pandora’s Marble Pot  4. Crisis and Risk in International Relations  5. Soviet Risk-Taking and Crisis Behavior: Wisdoms and Conventional Wisdoms  Part 2. Case Studies  2.1. The Berlin Crisis of 1948  6. Interpretations, Ambiguities and Questions  7. Evolution of the Crisis: Events, Perceptions, Risks and Stages of Development  8. Factors of Risk-Taking  9. 1948: Process Analysis  10. 1948: Consequences, Conclusions and Lessons  2.2. The Berlin Crisis of 1961  11. Interpretations, Ambiguities and Questions  12. Evolution of the Crisis: Events, Perceptions, Risks and Stages of Development  13. Factors of Risk-Taking  14. Process Analysis  15. Consequences, Conclusions and Lessons  Part 3. Comparisons and Conclusions  16. Operational Principles of Soviet Risk-Taking and Crisis Behavior  17. Factors of Soviet Risk-Taking and Crisis Behavior

O autorze

Hannes Adomeit