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Conflict

How Soldiers Make Impossible Decisions

Laurence J Alison author Neil D Shortland author Joseph M Moran author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:28th Feb '19

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Conflict cover

Conflict: How Soldiers Make Impossible Decisions is about making hard choices--where all outcomes are potentially negative. The authors draw on interviews conducted with soldiers about the situations they faced and the decisions they made at war. These are vivid and sometimes distressing stories. They form the data from which the authors explore the cognitive processes associated with choice, commitment to action and (sometimes) error, as well as goal directed thinking, innovation and courage. By referring to real cases, Conflict invites readers to consider their own responses under extreme circumstances and ask themselves how they would choose between difficult options. In doing so this book will go some way to helping readers understand what it feels like when choosing between least-worst decisions.

As a psychologist, professor, and researcher of military psychology, I find the concepts covered in this book to be especially applicable. Executives and business leadership may find this book valuable as well given the ways in which they operate. * Jacob N. Hyde, University of Denver *

ISBN: 9780190623449

Dimensions: 236mm x 163mm x 18mm

Weight: 522g

248 pages