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Overconfidence and War: The Havoc and Glory of Positive Illusions

Overconfidence and War: The Havoc and Glory of Positive Illusions

by Dominic Johnson (Author)

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    Hardcover 2004

    $52.81
Synopsis

A study offers insights into why states wage war and traces the effects of human tendency toward overconfidence through two turning points that erupted into war and two that did not.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 30 Oct 2004
ISBN 10: 0674015762
ISBN 13: 9780674015760

Media Reviews
Dominic Johnson's attack on the war puzzle is novel, convincing, and appealing. Steeped in sound biology and a detailed account of key well-documented conflicts, Overconfidence and War marks an important advance in the long-anticipated integration of political science and evolutionary theory.--Richard Wrangham, co-author of Demonic Males