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Who fights for reputation : the psychology of leaders in international conflict

Yarhi-Milo, Keren, 1978- author

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Keren Yarhi-Milo provides an original framework, based on insights from psychology, to explain why some political leaders are more willing to use military force to defend their reputation than others. Rather than focusing on a leader's background, beliefs, bargaining skills, or biases, Yarhi-Milo draws a systematic link between a trait called self-monitoring and foreign policy behavior. She examines self-monitoring among national leaders and advisers and shows that while high self-monitors modify their behavior strategically to cultivate image-enhancing status, low self-monitors are less likely to change their behavior in response to reputation concerns. Exploring self-monitoring through case studies of foreign policy crises during the terms of U.S. presidents Carter, Reagan, and Clinton, Yarhi-Milo disproves the notion that hawks are always more likely than doves to fight for reputation. Instead, Yarhi-Milo demonstrates that a decision maker's propensity for impression management is directly associated with the use of force to restore a reputation for resolve on the international stage. Who Fights for Reputation offers a brand-new understanding of the pivotal influence that psychological factors have on political leadership, military engagement, and the protection of public prestige.

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Subject: International relations Psychological aspects Case studies. / International relations Decision making Case studies. / Reputation Political aspects Case studies. / Self-monitoring Political aspects Case studies. / Presidents United States Psychology Case studies. / Leadership Psychological aspects Case studies. / War Causes Case studies. / Military policy Decision making Case studies. / 89.52 political psychology. / United States Foreign relations 20th century Case studies.
• ISBN: 9780691180342, 0691180342, 0691181284, 9780691181288

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