Presidential risk behavior in foreign policy : prudence or peril? - Boettcher, William A., III, 1969- (New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)
1. Introduction -- 2. Clarification, critique, framework construction, and research concerns -- 3. Truman case studies -- 4. Kennedy case studies -- 5. Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-201) and index.
Keywords: Presidents -- United States -- Decision making -- Case studies; Presidents -- United States -- Psychology -- Case studies; Risk-taking (Psychology) -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989 -- Decision making -- Case studies; Presidents -- Decision making; Presidents -- Psychology; United States; 1945-1989; Case studies