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The two studies under review were issued in the series of the Library of Policy Sciences, edited by Harold D. Lasswell and Saul K. Padover, and are concerned with different areas of knowledge about communications. Sykewar presents the first detailed description of the activities and operations of the Psychological Warfare Division of SHAEF. The evaluations may not be definitive, but Dr. Lerner, a former intelligence officer in PWD, has made an important contribution toward codifying the lessons learned in this policy field.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Forewo -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction: Frameworks of Analysis -- PART I The Concept of Psychological Suitability -- ONE The Psychological Suitability of Presidents in an Era of Doubt -- TWO Assessing the Psychological Suitability of Presidential Candidates: Ethical and Theoretical Dilemmas -- PART II Assessing the Psychological Health of Presidential Candidates -- THREE Psychological Health and Presidential Performance: A Foundation for the Assessment of Psychological Suitability -- FOUR Is the Psychological Impairment of Presidents Still a Relevant Concern? -- FIVE Assessment at a Distance: A Cautionary Case Study of the 1964 Presidential Campaign -- SIX Psychological Health in the 19j2 Presidential Election: The Case of Thomas F. Eagleton -- PART III Character and Presidential Performance: T h e o r y and Assessment -- SEVEN Toward a Framework for Analyzing Presidential Performance: Some Observations on a Theory of Character -- EIGHT Toward a Theory of Character and Presidential Performance -- NINE Character and Judgment in the 1988 Presidential Campaign: A Case Study of Gary Hart -- TEN Bill Clinton as a Presidential Candidate: What Did the Public Learn? -- ELEVEN William J. Clinton as President: Some Implications of Character for Presidential Performance -- PART IV Assessing Psychological Suitability: T h e R o l e of the Press and Presidential Campaigns -- TWELVE The Private Lives of Public Officials: Observations, Dilemmas, and Guidelines -- THIRTEEN Election Campaigns as a Tool for Assessing the Psychological Suitability of Presidential Candidates -- PART V Assessing Psychological Suitability: Some Applications -- FOURTEEN Asking the Right Questions of Presidential Candidates: Some Suggestions and Guidelines -- FIFTEEN Conclusion: The Good Enough President -- APPENDIX 1 Some Observations on Method: Cases, Data, and Analysis -- APPENDIX 2 A Model of Character: Dynamics, Development, and Implications for Presidential Performance -- APPENDIX 3 Preparing Political Leaders for Power: A Supplement to Assessing Psychological Suitability -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Name Index

Achen and Snidal's deductive theory of deterrence contributes very little to an understanding of the uses and limitations of deterrence strategy as an instrument of foreign policy. Lacking operationalization, their "rational deterrence theory" is incapable of predicting the outcome of individual cases. Furthermore, it has not yet addressed the need (i) to reconceptualize the problem of deterrence for different levels of conflict; (2) to refine the assumption of "rationality"; (3) to deal with the phenomenon of equifinality; (4) to develop a framework of strategic interaction between Initiator and Defender acknowledging that an Initiator often has multiple options for challenging the status quo from which to choose an action that meets his cost-benefit criteria; (5) to find a way of taking into account decision-making variables that, as case studies have demonstrated, often affect deterrence outcomes; and (6) to broaden the conceptualization of deterrence strategy to encompass the possible use of positive inducements as a means of discouraging challenges to a status quo situation.

This book, which examines the leadership styles and decisionmaking practices of presidents from Woodrow Wilson to Bill Clinton, reflects the authors interest for over half a century in the impact of personality on the political behavior of our political leaders. Its contents range from the story of the Georges collaboration on their pioneering stud