ROBERT MANDEL is Professor of International Affairs at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.

• Acknowledgments Introduction The Nature of Irrationality Methodology for Case Study Analysis "Stick-in-the-Mud" Irrationality--Successes "Stick-in-the-Mud" Irrationality--Failures "Daredevil" Irrationality--Successes "Daredevil" Irrationality--Failures Evaluation of Case Study Patterns Policy Implications Notes Selected Bibliography Index

ROBERT MANDEL is Professor of International Affairs at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.

• Acknowledgments Introduction The Nature of Irrationality Methodology for Case Study Analysis "Stick-in-the-Mud" Irrationality--Successes "Stick-in-the-Mud" Irrationality--Failures "Daredevil" Irrationality--Successes "Daredevil" Irrationality--Failures Evaluation of Case Study Patterns Policy Implications Notes Selected Bibliography Index

ROBERT MANDEL is Professor of International Affairs at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.

• Acknowledgments Introduction The Nature of Irrationality Methodology for Case Study Analysis "Stick-in-the-Mud" Irrationality--Successes "Stick-in-the-Mud" Irrationality--Failures "Daredevil" Irrationality--Successes "Daredevil" Irrationality--Failures Evaluation of Case Study Patterns Policy Implications Notes Selected Bibliography Index