TY - BOOK AU - Yarhi-Milo,Keren AU - Kertzer,Joshua D. AU - Yarhi-Milo,Keren TI - Who Fights for Reputation: The Psychology of Leaders in International Conflict T2 - Princeton Studies in International History and Politics SN - 9780691181288 AV - JZ1253 .Y374 2018 U1 - 327.1 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Heads of state KW - Case studies KW - International relations KW - Decision making KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General KW - bisacsh KW - Amazon Mechanical Turk KW - American adults KW - American presidents KW - Bill Clinton KW - Cyrus Vance KW - Israeli Jewish adults KW - Jimmy Carter KW - Ronald Reagan KW - US presidents KW - US reputation KW - Zbigniew Brzezinski KW - case studies KW - crisis decision making KW - decision making KW - dispositional theory KW - foreign policy behavior KW - foreign policy KW - hawkishness KW - high self-monitors KW - international conflict KW - international crises KW - international politics KW - international relations KW - international reputation KW - leaders KW - low self-monitors KW - militarized interstate disputes KW - military action KW - military assertiveness KW - military engagement KW - military force KW - military instruments KW - military solution KW - military spending KW - national leaders KW - policy recommendations KW - political leadership KW - presidential historians KW - presidents KW - psychological dispositions KW - public prestige KW - reputation believer KW - reputation believers KW - reputation critic KW - reputation critics KW - reputation crusader KW - reputation crusaders KW - reputation for resolve KW - reputation skeptics KW - reputation KW - self-monitoring KW - state leaders KW - use of force KW - world politics N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures and tables --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; What Types of Leaders Fight for "Face"? --; Microfoundations: Evidence from Cross-National Survey Experiments --; Self-Monitoring, US Presidents, and International Crises: A Statistical Analysis --; Approaches to Testing the Theory with Case Studies --; Jimmy Carter and the Crises of the 1970s --; Ronald Reagan and the Fight against Communism --; Bill Clinton and America's Credibility after the Cold War --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - How psychology explains why a leader is willing to use military force to protect or salvage reputationIn Who Fights for Reputation, Keren Yarhi-Milo provides an original framework, based on insights from psychology, to explain why some political leaders are more willing to use military force to defend their reputation than others. Rather than focusing on a leader's background, beliefs, bargaining skills, or biases, Yarhi-Milo draws a systematic link between a trait called self-monitoring and foreign policy behavior. She examines self-monitoring among national leaders and advisers and shows that while high self-monitors modify their behavior strategically to cultivate image-enhancing status, low self-monitors are less likely to change their behavior in response to reputation concerns.Exploring self-monitoring through case studies of foreign policy crises during the terms of U.S. presidents Carter, Reagan, and Clinton, Yarhi-Milo disproves the notion that hawks are always more likely than doves to fight for reputation. Instead, Yarhi-Milo demonstrates that a decision maker's propensity for impression management is directly associated with the use of force to restore a reputation for resolve on the international stage.Who Fights for Reputation offers a brand-new understanding of the pivotal influence that psychological factors have on political leadership, military engagement, and the protection of public prestige UR - https://doi.org/10.23943/9781400889983?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400889983 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781400889983/original ER -