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List of Tables and Figures vii
Acknowledgments ix
The Argument
Political Leadership and the Puzzle of Foreign Policy Change and Continuity 3
Mikhail Gorbachev and Kim Il Sung
The Decision-Making Approach
Beliefs and Strategic Interaction
Outline of the Book
A Theory of Foreign Policy Decisions 25
The Theory of Moves (TOM)
Preferences Need Inferences
Making Beliefs and Learning Patterns Visible
The Theory of Inferences about Preferences (TIP)
The Subjective Games of Gorbachev's Predecessors (1980-1985)
The Cases
Gorbachev: Uncommitte Thinker and Motivated Learner 47
The Early Gorbachev Era (1985-1986)
The Second Year of the Gorbachev Era (February 1986-January 1987)
Gorbachev: Committe Teacher and Reformer 65
Gorbachev Induces U.S. Cooperation (1987-1988)
Gorbachev Transforms Great Power Politics (1989-1991)
Kim il Sung: Revolutionary Cold Warrior 85
Deadlock in the Cold War (1980-1983)
The Deadlock Continues (1984-1986)
Kim Il Sung: Touched by the Winds of Change? 107
The Catalytic Period (1987-1990)
The Post-Cold War Period (1991-1994)
The Implications
Lessons from the Past and Applications to the Future 131
Main Findings
Theoretical Significance
The Continued Relevance of Gorbachev and Kim Il Sung
Notes 145
Bibliography 167
Index 189
SeriesList 191
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reviewed When Leaders Learn and When They Don't: Mikhail Gorbachev and Kim II Sung at the End of the Cold War on August 30, 2014
When Leaders Learn and When They Don't: Mikhail Gorbachev and Kim II Sung at the End of the Cold War
Fascinating insight into the inner workings of a large, overly bureaucratic state machine. These are edited diary notes, written with the 'help' of members of his inner circle. With the benefit of hindsight (and person admiration), the decisions sometimes appear much too clear, as if a priori they were bound to result in positive consequences (or, the consequences that Yeltsin hoped for: these are not always one and the same). This cannot always be the case, and the events are surely written to convey a feeling of control and predictability, when much of it would have been happenstance. It is personal in tone, and you get a sense of the characters, machinations, and also regrets of a man with the weight of a quite literally massive nation on his shoulders.
...you would probably put him on your list of 'fantasy dinner party guests'. As long as you hid the vodka.
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