CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. I ROBERT JERVIS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
5. 1 ACTING IN WHICH SYSTEM? 15
6. 2 REALISM AND MISPERCEPTIONS 36
7. 3 SEMINAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO RATIONAL THEORIES OF STATE BEHAVIOR 56
8. 4 THE JERVISIAN STYLE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 63
9. 5 A NOT-SO-CLOSET CONSTRUCTIVIST? 72
10. 6 THE “FOURTH” ASSUMPTION FOR THE OPERATION OF BALANCE OF POWER SYSTEMS 90
11. 7 A LIBERAL REALIST 97
12. 8 THE FIELD OF SECURITY STUDIES 120
13. II ROBERT JERVIS, PSYCHOLOGY, AND BARGAINING
14. 9 A LEADER AND A SUBVERSIVE 127
15. 10 UNDERSTANDING LIFE AND LIFE’S CHOICES 135
16. 11 ON “COOPERATION UNDER THE SECURITY DILEMMA” 147
17. 12 PERSPECTIVES ON THE SECURITY DILEMMA 152
18. 13 SCHOLARLY SILVERBACK AND FOUNDER OF THE FIELD OF POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY 159
19. 14 A PSYCHOLOGY OF RATIONAL SIGNALING 167
20. 15 THE CONSUMMATE FOX 176
21. 16 JACK OF ALL TRADES, MASTER OF ALL 181
22. III ROBERT JERVIS AND THE PRACTICE OF STATECRAFT
23. 17 POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND THE ANALYSIS OF INTELLIGENCE FAILURES 189
24. 18 THE SOCIAL DILEMMAS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION 199
25. 19 COMPLEXITY, NONLINEARITY, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL JERVISIAN INSIGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEMS 205
26. 20 BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND SECRET INTELLIGENCE 220
27. IV ROBERT JERVIS, HISTORY, AND HISTORIANS
28. 21 THEORIST AND METHODOLOGIST 227
29. 22 READING ROBERT JERVIS 239
30. 23 REMEMBERING ROBERT JERVIS 245
31. 24 LEARNING FROM HISTORY 251
32. 25 AN APPRECIATION 260
33. 26 PERCEPTIONS AND MISPERCEPTIONS AND THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR I 266
34. V ROBERT JERVIS AS PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL
35. 27 THE ART AND SCIENCE OF THE POSTMORTEM 277
36. 28 ROBERT JERVIS AND OFFICIAL HISTORY 293
37. 29 THE CIA’s HISTORICAL REVIEW PANEL 301
38. 30 LOWERING BARRIERS AND CONNECTING SCHOLARS THROUGH INNOVATIVE ONLINE PUBLICATIONS 307
39. 31 THE PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL 322
40. VI ROBERT JERVIS AS COLLEAGUE, MENTOR, AND FRIEND
41. CODA 331
42. EPILOGUE 339
43. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 349
44. APPENDIX 351
45. CONTRIBUTORS 363
46. INDEX 367