Resolve in International Politics

Description

Why do some leaders and segments of the public display remarkable persistence in confrontations in international politics, while others cut and run? The answer given by policymakers, pundits, and political scientists usually relates to issues of resolve. Yet, though we rely on resolve to explain almost every phenomenon in international politics-fro

Joshua D. Kertzer is assistant professor of government at Harvard University.

"Co-Winner of the 2017 Alexander L. George Book Award, International Society of Political Psychology" "[A] marvelous book. . . . After perusing this erudite and tightly argued book . . . every reader will agree that resolve matters." * Choice * "Important and impressive. . . . Kertzer's theoretically innovative and methodologically sophisticated book greatly improves our understanding of the crucial but underexplored concept of resolve. It is likely to be very influential in the field of international security and should be on the reading list of all scholars who study conflict bargaining, as well as those who take a behavioral approach."---Roseanne W. McManus, Perspectives on Politics