Failing to win : perceptions of victory and defeat in international politics

Dominic D.P. Johnson, Dominic Tierney

How do people decide which country came out ahead in a war or a crisis? Why, for instance, was the Mayaguez Incident in May 1975 - where 41 U.S. soldiers were killed and dozens more wounded in a botched hostage rescue mission - perceived as a triumph and the 1992-94 U.S. humanitarian intervention in Somalia, which saved thousands of lives, viewed as a disaster? In "Failing to Win", Dominic Johnson and Dominic Tierney dissect the psychological factors that predispose leaders, media, and the public to perceive outcomes as victories or defeats - often creating wide gaps between perceptions and reality. To make their case, Johnson and Tierney employ two frameworks: "Scorekeeping," which focuses on actual material gains and losses; and "Match-fixing," where evaluations become skewed by mindsets, symbolic events, and media and elite spin. In case studies ranging from the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and the current War on Terror, the authors show that much of what we accept about international politics and world history is not what it seems - and why, in a time when citizens offer or withdraw support based on an imagined view of the outcome rather than the result on the ground, perceptions of success or failure can shape the results of wars, the fate of leaders, and the "lessons" we draw from history.

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書名 Failing to win : perceptions of victory and defeat in international politics
著作者等 Johnson, Dominic D. P.
Tierney Dominic
出版元 Harvard University Press
刊行年月 2006
ページ数 345 p.
大きさ 25 cm
ISBN 9780674023246
NCID BA81672144
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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