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Kouskouvelēs, Ēlias I.,. Thucydides on choice and decision making: why war is not inevitable / Ilias Kouskouvelis. — 1 online resource — <URL:http://elib.fa.ru/ebsco/1949407.pdf>.

Record create date: 10/29/2018

Subject: War — Decision making.; Free will and determinism — Political aspects.; HISTORY / Ancient / Greece

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Table of Contents

  • Cover
  • Thucydides on Choice and Decision-Making
  • Thucydides on Choice and Decision-Making: Why War Is Not Inevitable
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1
  • Decision-Making
    • The Concept of Decision
    • Decisions and Politics
    • Uncertainty and Lack of Information
    • Decisions and cost
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Chapter 2
  • The Long Path to the Study of Decision-Making
    • Mythology, Theology, and Literature
    • Decision-making: From Thucydides to Modern Times
    • Scientific Approaches to Decision-making
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Chapter 3
  • Five Plus Two Debates on Thucydides
    • Debate 1: On the Composition’s Unity
    • Debate 2: On Thucydides’ Veracity
    • Debate 3: On the Authenticity of the Speeches
    • Debate 4: Thucydides, Scientific or Not?
    • Debate 5: Thucydides and International Relations
    • Debates 6 and 7: On the “Abuse” and on the Reading of Thucydides
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Chapter 4
  • The Thucydides’ Decision-Making Schema
    • Necessity
    • Human Nature
    • Interest
    • Fear
    • Honor and Shame
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Chapter 5
  • The Thucydides’ Schema on Flawed Decision-Making
    • Boldness
    • Arrogance
    • Passions
    • Hope
    • Chance
    • Applying the Schema: the Sicilian Expedition Decision-making
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Chapter 6
  • Is There a “Right” Decision?
    • Notes
  • Appendix 1
  • Index of decision-making factors/concepts in the text of The War1
    • Note
  • Appendix 2
  • Decision-Making Factors in The War
    • Website content
    • Blogs
  • Index
  • About the Author

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