Frank P. Harvey is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Dalhousie University where he also holds the Eric Dennis Chair of Government and Politics.John Mitton is a research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Security and Development at Dalhousie University.

‘This detailed, technical study will be of special interest chiefly to the scholars of international relations and foreign policy.’- M. Amstutz (Choice Magazine vol 54:10:2017) ‘This book is a necessary addition to the bookshelf of any scholar or practitioner interested in reputation, deterrence and compellence, or American foreign policy.’- Danielle L. Lupton (ISSF Roundtable December 1, 2017)

• IntroductionChapter 1: Reputations Research and Premature Closure of InquiryChapter 2: Reputations Matter: Rational Deterrence Theory and Credibility ReconsideredChapter 3: US Reputation Building in Deterrence Encounters, 1991–2003Chapter 4: The Strategic Logic of US Coercion: Explaining Failures and Successes in Syria, 2011- 2013 Chapter 5: RDT, Domestic Politics, and Audience Costs Chapter 6: Reputations, Credibility, and Transferability – Reconsidering Syria’s Relevance to Iran, North Korea, and Beyond Chapter 7: Responding to Critics: Alternative Explanations and Competing Policy RecommendationsChapter 8: Expanding Theory-Policy Gaps in International RelationsAppendix 1 Glossary of Terms

Frank P. Harvey is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Dalhousie University where he also holds the Eric Dennis Chair of Government and Politics.John Mitton is a research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Security and Development at Dalhousie University.

‘This detailed, technical study will be of special interest chiefly to the scholars of international relations and foreign policy.’- M. Amstutz (Choice Magazine vol 54:10:2017) ‘This book is a necessary addition to the bookshelf of any scholar or practitioner interested in reputation, deterrence and compellence, or American foreign policy.’- Danielle L. Lupton (ISSF Roundtable December 1, 2017)

• IntroductionChapter 1: Reputations Research and Premature Closure of InquiryChapter 2: Reputations Matter: Rational Deterrence Theory and Credibility ReconsideredChapter 3: US Reputation Building in Deterrence Encounters, 1991–2003Chapter 4: The Strategic Logic of US Coercion: Explaining Failures and Successes in Syria, 2011- 2013 Chapter 5: RDT, Domestic Politics, and Audience Costs Chapter 6: Reputations, Credibility, and Transferability – Reconsidering Syria’s Relevance to Iran, North Korea, and Beyond Chapter 7: Responding to Critics: Alternative Explanations and Competing Policy RecommendationsChapter 8: Expanding Theory-Policy Gaps in International RelationsAppendix 1 Glossary of Terms

Frank P. Harvey is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Dalhousie University where he also holds the Eric Dennis Chair of Government and Politics.John Mitton is a research fellow at the Centre for the Study of Security and Development at Dalhousie University.

‘This detailed, technical study will be of special interest chiefly to the scholars of international relations and foreign policy.’- M. Amstutz (Choice Magazine vol 54:10:2017) ‘This book is a necessary addition to the bookshelf of any scholar or practitioner interested in reputation, deterrence and compellence, or American foreign policy.’- Danielle L. Lupton (ISSF Roundtable December 1, 2017)

• IntroductionChapter 1: Reputations Research and Premature Closure of InquiryChapter 2: Reputations Matter: Rational Deterrence Theory and Credibility ReconsideredChapter 3: US Reputation Building in Deterrence Encounters, 1991–2003Chapter 4: The Strategic Logic of US Coercion: Explaining Failures and Successes in Syria, 2011- 2013 Chapter 5: RDT, Domestic Politics, and Audience Costs Chapter 6: Reputations, Credibility, and Transferability – Reconsidering Syria’s Relevance to Iran, North Korea, and Beyond Chapter 7: Responding to Critics: Alternative Explanations and Competing Policy RecommendationsChapter 8: Expanding Theory-Policy Gaps in International RelationsAppendix 1 Glossary of Terms