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Overconfidence and war
the havoc and glory of positive illusions
By Johnson, Dominic D. P.
- ISBN
- 978-0-67401-576-0
- Publisher
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2004.
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Reviewed on November 1, 2004
Drawing on scholarly articles, interviews, and testimony, and reports from the U.S. Army War College, Johnson (Princeton Univ. Soc. of Fellows) cogently examines the psychological, more than the political, reasons behind why nations go to war. By citing many examples from history, including World War I and Vietnam, he illustrates how overconfidence and false assumptions have led countries to mi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
