TY  - GEN
T1  - Reputation and international politics
T2  - Cornell studies in security affairs.
A1  - Mercer, Jonathan (Jonathan Loveridge), 1959-
LA  - English
PP  - Ithaca, N.Y.
PB  - Cornell University Press
YR  - 1996
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1036811283
AB  - By approaching an important foreign policy issue from a new angle, Jonathan Mercer comes to a startling, controversial discovery: a nation's reputation is not worth fighting for. He presents the most comprehensive examination to date of what defines a reputation when it is likely to emerge in international politics, and with what consequences. Mercer examines reputation formation in a series of crises before World War I. He tests competing arguments, one from deterrence theory, the other from social psychology, to see which better predicts and explains how reputations form. He extends his findings to address contemporary crises such as the Gulf War, and considers how culture, gender and nuclear weapons affect reputation. Throughout history, wars have been fought in the name of reputation. Mercer rebuts this politically powerful argument, shows that reputations form differently than we thought, and offers policy advice to decision-makers.
OP  - 236
CN  - JX1391 .M437 1996
SN  - 9781501724473
SN  - 1501724479
SN  - 0801430550
KW  - International relations.
KW  - Security, International.
KW  - Reputation (Law)
KW  - United States : Foreign relations : 1993-2001.
KW  - Relations internationales.
KW  - Réputation (Droit)
KW  - États-Unis : Relations extérieures : 1993-2001.
KW  - international relations.
KW  - HISTORY : Military : World War I.
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - International relations
KW  - Security, International
KW  - United States
KW  - Internationale politiek.
KW  - Internationale conflicten.
KW  - Reputatie.
KW  - 1993-2001
ER  -