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Author:   Richard H. Immerman ,  Stacie Goddard ,  Diane N. Labrosse
Publisher:   Columbia University Press
Imprint:   Columbia University Press
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9780231221559

ISBN 10:   023122155
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   06 January 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Introduction. A League of His Own: The Sui Generis Scholarship of Robert Jervis, by Paul K. MacDonald Part I. Robert Jervis and International Relations Theory 1. Acting in Which System?, by Jack Snyder 2. Realism and Misperceptions, by Lawrence Freedman 3. Seminal Contributions to Rational Theories of State Behavior, by Charles L. Glaser 4. The Jervisian Style in International Relations, by Joseph M. Parent 5. A Not-So-Closet Constructivist?, by Stacie E. Goddard and Ronald R. Krebs 6. The “Fourth” Assumption for the Operation of Balance of Power Systems, by Randall L. Schweller 7. A Liberal Realist, by Doug Macdonald 8. The Field of Security Studies, by Stephen M. Walt Part II. Robert Jervis, Psychology, and Bargaining 9. A Leader and a Subversive: Robert Jervis’s Contradictory Contributions to International Relations Theory, by Thomas J. Christensen 10. Understanding Life and Life’s Choices: A Tribute, by James W. Davis 11. On “Cooperation Under the Security Dilemma,” by Michael Doyle 12. Perspectives on the Security Dilemma, by James D. Fearon 13. Scholarly Silverback and Founder of the Field of Political Psychology, by Rose McDermott 14. A Psychology of Rational Signaling, by Jonathan Mercer 15. The Consummate Fox, by Philip E. Tetlock 16. Jack of All Trades, Master of All, by James Goldgeier and Elizabeth N. Saunders Part III. Robert Jervis and the Practice of Statecraft: Nuclear Weapons, Intelligence, and Beyond 17. Political Psychology and the Analysis of Intelligence Failures, by Janice Gross Stein 18. The Social Dilemmas of Technological Innovation, by Robert F. Trager 19. Complexity, Nonlinearity, and Other Essential Jervisian Insights on International Security Problems, by Cynthia Roberts 20. Bridging the Gap Between Public Discourse and Secret Intelligence, by Richard K. Betts Part IV. Robert Jervis, History, and Historians 21. Theorist and Methodologist, by Jack S. Levy 22. Reading Robert Jervis, by Vladislav Zubok 23. Remembering Robert Jervis, by Marc Trachtenberg 24. Learning from History, by Deborah Welch Larson 25. An Appreciation, by James McAllister 26. Perceptions and Misperceptions and the Outbreak of World War I: Memories of an Interdisciplinary Scholarly Relationship, by Volker R. Berghahn Part V. Robert Jervis as Public Intellectual 27. The Art and Science of the Postmortem, by Richard H. Immerman 28. Robert Jervis and Official History, by Michael Warner 29. The CIA’s Historical Review Panel, by Melvyn P. Leffler 30. Lowering Barriers and Connecting Scholars through Innovative Online Publications: H-Diplo/ISSF, by Diane N. Labrosse 31. The Public Intellectual, by Dipali Mukhopadhyay Part VI. Robert Jervis as Colleague, Mentor, and Friend Coda: To My Fellow Perceiver, by Keren Yarhi-Milo Epilogue: The Jervis Effect: The Scholarship and Legacy of Robert Jervis, by Richard H. Immerman, Stacie E. Goddard, and Diane N. Labrosse Acknowledgments Appendix: Robert Jervis, How I Got Here Contributors Index

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The Jervis Effect is more than a celebration of Robert Jervis’s esteemed scholarship—though it is certainly a loving presentation to him. The book also shows the breadth of Jervis’s service, and the result is revelatory regarding the application of theory and research to real-world events. -- Thomas Zeiler, director of the International Affairs Program, University of Colorado Boulder A witty, warm, and very readable collection. Robert Jervis’s curiosity, enthusiasm, and scholarship over more than fifty years is revealed in these essays. A book for every bookshelf, and the most thoughtful guide to a deeper understanding of how international relations actually work. -- Anne Deighton, Department of International Relations and Faculty of History, University of Oxford Who else other than Robert Jervis could have attracted some of the top names in the academy, gathered together in this outstanding volume to write about him and his contribution to scholarship with such warmth, respect, and sense of loss? An inspiration to students and a constant source of original ideas who was not afraid of speaking truth to power, there was really nobody else in our field like him. -- Michael Cox, emeritus professor of international relations, LSE, and a founding director of LSE IDEAS An appropriately substantial and multifaceted monument to the work and impact of the late Robert Jervis. Leading scholars in the field provide detailed reviews of the pathbreaking contributions Jervis made to the analysis of relations between states. But they also testify to the impact he made beyond his writings—as a teacher and mentor, through his personal qualities as well as his intellectual ones. A giant in the field of international relations, Jervis was also quite clearly an exceptional person. -- John Thompson, emeritus reader in American history, University of Cambridge

The Jervis Effect is more than a celebration of Robert Jervis’s esteemed scholarship—though it is certainly a loving presentation to him. The book also shows the breadth of Jervis’s service, and the result is revelatory regarding the application of theory and research to real-world events. -- Thomas Zeiler, director of the International Affairs Program, University of Colorado Boulder

Who else other than Robert Jervis could have attracted some of the top names in the academy, gathered together in this outstanding volume to write about him and his contribution to scholarship with such warmth, respect, and sense of loss? An inspiration to students and a constant source of original ideas who was not afraid of speaking truth to power, there was really nobody else in our field like him. -- Michael Cox, emeritus professor of international relations, LSE, and a founding director of LSE IDEAS A witty, warm, and very readable collection. Jervis’s curiosity, enthusiasm, and scholarship over more than fifty years is revealed in these essays. A book for every bookshelf, and the most thoughtful guide to a deeper understanding of how international relations actually work. -- Anne Deighton, emeritus professor of European international politics, University of Oxford An appropriately substantial and multifaceted monument to the work and impact of the late Robert Jervis. Leading scholars in the field provide detailed reviews of the pathbreaking contributions Jervis made to the analysis of relations between states. But they also testify to the impact he made beyond his writings—as a teacher and mentor, through his personal qualities as well as his intellectual ones. A giant in the field of international relations, Jervis was also quite clearly an exceptional person. -- John Thompson, emeritus reader in American history, University of Cambridge The Jervis Effect is more than a celebration of Robert Jervis’s esteemed scholarship—though it is certainly a loving presentation of him. The book also shows the breadth of Jervis’s service, and the result is revelatory regarding the application of theory and research to real-world events. -- Thomas Zeiler, director of the International Affairs Program, University of Colorado Boulder

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Richard H. Immerman is professor emeritus and Edward J. Buthusiem Family Distinguished Faculty Fellow Emeritus in the Department of History at Temple University, where he is also Marvin Wachman Director Emeritus of the Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy. Stacie E. Goddard is the Betty Freyhof Johnson ‘44 Professor of Political Science and Associate Provost for Wellesley in the World at Wellesley College. Diane N. Labrosse is the executive and managing editor of H-Diplo and senior managing editor of H-Diplo/RJISSF.

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