Verfasst von:	Yetiv, Steve A.
Titel:	National security through a cockeyed lens
Titelzusatz:	how cognitive bias impacts U.S. foreign policy
Verf.angabe:	Steve A. Yetiv
Verlagsort:	Baltimore, Md.
Verlag:	John Hopkins University Press
Jahr:	2013
Umfang:	155 S
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	1-4214-1126-1
	978-1-4214-1126-2
	1-4214-1125-3
	978-1-4214-1125-5
Abstract:	"What are key mental errors that can undermine good decision making? Drawing on four decades of psychological, historical, and political science research on cognitive biases, this book illuminates key pitfalls in how we and our leaders make decisions. It shows in five case studies of American foreign and energy policy that such errors--a dozen different cognitive biases--have been more important in shaping and impacting U.S. national interests than we currently understand. In so doing, it also sheds light on U.S. foreign policy toward and interests in the Middle East. That story prominently features non-psychological explanations, but cognitive biases exercised by American and foreign actors also represent a slice of the story that is worth revealing. As examples, the book shows how the distorted cognitive lens of Al-Qaeda leaders contributed to the September 11 attacks and the ongoing conflict with America and the West; how overconfidence impacted America's decision to invade Iraq in 2003; and how short term thinking--a prominent cognitive bias--hurts America's ability to develop a comprehensive energy policy, making the Middle East more important to the United States and enhancing its proclivity to be involved in the region. The book is aimed chiefly at students and the lay public, though academics may benefit from it"--
	"What are key mental errors that can undermine good decision making? Drawing on four decades of psychological, historical, and political science research on cognitive biases, this book illuminates key pitfalls in how we and our leaders make decisions. It shows in five case studies of American foreign and energy policy that such errors--a dozen different cognitive biases--have been more important in shaping and impacting U.S. national interests than we currently understand. In so doing, it also sheds light on U.S. foreign policy toward and interests in the Middle East. That story prominently features non-psychological explanations, but cognitive biases exercised by American and foreign actors also represent a slice of the story that is worth revealing. As examples, the book shows how the distorted cognitive lens of Al-Qaeda leaders contributed to the September 11 attacks and the ongoing conflict with America and the West; how overconfidence impacted America's decision to invade Iraq in 2003; and how short term thinking--a prominent cognitive bias--hurts America's ability to develop a comprehensive energy policy, making the Middle East more important to the United States and enhancing its proclivity to be involved in the region. The book is aimed chiefly at students and the lay public, though academics may benefit from it"--
URL:	Inhaltsverzeichnis: http://www.gbv.de/dms/sub-hamburg/746401922.pdf
	Verlag: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=41168
Schlagwörter:	(g)USA    / (s)Sicherheitspolitik    / (s)Entscheidungsfindung    / (s)Politische Psychologie    / (s)Außenpolitik
	(s)Außenpolitik    / (s)Fehleinschätzung    / (s)Bedrohungsvorstellung    / (s)Politische Führung    / (s)Entscheidungsprozess    / (s)Missstand    / (g)USA
Sprache:	eng
RVK-Notation:	MG 70940
Sach-SW:	Vereinigte Staaten
	United States
	Beispielhafte Fälle
	Exemplary cases
K10plus-PPN:	746401922