War and Human Nature

by Stephen Peter Rosen

Book Overview

Why did President John F. Kennedy choose a strategy of confrontation during the Cuban missile crisis even though his secretary of defense stated that the presence of missiles in Cuba made no difference? Why did large numbers of Iraqi troops surrender during the Gulf War even though they had been ordered to fight and were capable of doing so? Why did Hitler declare war on the United States knowing full well the power of that country?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691130566
• ISBN13: 9780691130569
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"