If wars are too important to be left to the generals, crises are
too dangerous to be left exclusively to the social scientists.
Humanistic inquiry has not realized its potential for illuminating
these wars of words. Crises occur in a realm foreign to prevailing
approaches, but familiar to interpretive approaches to politics.
Decision-makers are no longer observers of unmistakable threats:
they are interpreters of cryptic texts and symbolic performances.
Accordingly, analysts (quite unwittingly) have become interpreters
of interpretations--crises inquiry occurs in the archives, not the
laboratory. Relying upon a hermeneutic approach used to illuminate
crises at other times and places, Hirschbein explores the puzzling
aspects of defining Kennedy, Nixon, and Kissinger episodes: Why is
Kennedy's joust on the brink enshrined as the unforgettable Cuban
missile crises, while Nixon and Kissingers' prudent resolution of a
comparable threat is all but forgotten? This novel account of
crises construction, management, and remembrance explores how and
why these events were handled so differently, and concludes that it
is not world that is the source of our crises, but our
interpretation of the world.
Questions of crisis construction, management, and remembrance
are at the heart of this study. Professor Hirschbein examines why
American political figures define an event as a crisis--or not. He
then analyzes why some crises are managed prudently, while others
are not, despite access to comparable information and resources.
Lastly, he tries to determine why some crises are enshrined as
templates for future confrontation while others quickly fade into
oblivion. Hirschbein argues that it is not the world that is the
source of our crises, but our DEGREESIinterpretation DEGREESR of
the world. Accordingly, he explicates those official
interpretations of the world known as international crises. This
fascinating comparative study will be of great interest to
students, scholars, and other researchers of American diplomacy and
Peace Studies.
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