Crucible of Beliefs: Learning, Alliances, and World Wars by Reiter, Dan
Crucible of Beliefs: Learning, Alliances, and World Wars by Reiter, Dan

Crucible of Beliefs: Learning, Alliances, and World Wars

How do foreign policymakers learn from history? When do states enter alliances? Why have some small powers...
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Author: Dan Reiter
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Crucible of Beliefs: Learning, Alliances, and World Wars by Reiter, Dan

Crucible of Beliefs: Learning, Alliances, and World Wars

$124.89
Crucible of Beliefs: Learning, Alliances, and World Wars by Reiter, Dan

Crucible of Beliefs: Learning, Alliances, and World Wars

$124.89
Author: Dan Reiter
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

How do foreign policymakers learn from history? When do states enter alliances? Why have some small powers chosen to enter alliances whereas others have stayed neutral? In Crucible of Beliefs, Dan Reiter uses work in social psychology and organization theory to build a formative-events model of learning in international politics. History does inform the decisions of policymakers, he suggests, but it is history of a specific sort, based on firsthand experience in major events such as wars.

Tested against balance-of-threat theory, the leading realist explanation of alliance behavior, Reiter's formative-events model of learning emerges as a far better predictor of states' decisions. Crucible of Beliefs shows that, contrary to balance-of-threat theory, state leaders ignore the level of international threat and focus instead on avoiding past mistakes and repeating past successes. A serious blow to realism, these findings demonstrate that to understand the dynamics of world politics, it is essential to know how leaders learn from history.



Author: Dan Reiter
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 02/15/2025
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.57d
ISBN: 9781501772078

About the Author

Dan Reiter is Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Political Science at Emory University. He is the author of How Wars End, coauthor of Democracies at War, and editor of The Sword's Other Edge.


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