Calculating Credibility by Daryl G. Press PAPERBACK 9780801474156

Calculating Credibility\nby Daryl G. Press\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Daryl G. Press\nTitle: Calculating Credibility\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Warfare and defence\nPublisher: MB - Cornell University Press\nPublication year: 2007\nISBN-13: 9780801474156\nISBN-10: 0801474159\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nCalculating Credibility examinesand ultimately rejectsa fundamental belief held by laypeople and the makers of American foreign policy: the notion that backing down during a crisis reduces a country''s future credibility. Fear of diminished credibility motivated America''s costly participation in the Korean and Vietnam wars, and, since the end of the Cold War, this concern has continued to guide American policy decisions. Daryl G. Press uses historical eviden.