The cult of reputation: deterrent or a cause of war?

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited === A reputation for resolve, used to predict an actor’s future intentions with reasonable accuracy based on his past actions, is central to many deterrence theories. The assumption is that states use other actors’ past behavior as a learning sc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Farooq, Hassan, Zapryanov, Ivan Astanosov
Other Authors: Freeman, Michael
Published: Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/44557