01395nam a22001457a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005805000150007610000030009124501080009426000530020230000330025550000510028850509100033920220210134544.0220210b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781108446181  aJZ1307.R37    aReasoning of state : realists, romantics and rationality in internationl relations /cBrian C. Rathbun.  aCambridge :bCambridge University Press, c2019.  aix, 333 p. :bill. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aContents: The psychology of rationality: cognitive style in international relations -- The three "R" of international relations: realism, romanticism, and rationality -- Little bismarcks: a laboratory experiment on variation in rational thinking and rational behavior (with Joshua Kertzer) -- The "Prince'' among men: bismarck's realpolitik in Prussian politics -- Cold blood and iron: bismarck, the struggle with Austria, and German unification -- Blind faith: richelieu, the devoted, and France in counter-reformation Europe -- "Blood, toil, tears, and sweat" : churchhill, romanticism, and the rational appeasement debate -- "In defeat, defiance": churchhill in words (1935-1939) and in deeds (1940) (with Therese Anders) -- "Beginning the world all over again":resolving the paradox of Ronald Regan -- Winning one as the gipper? Reagan's administration and American engagement with the Soviet Union.