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Perception and Misperception in International
Jervis, Robert. Perception and Misperception in International Politics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1976.
Why this matters here
Jervis’s Perception and Misperception in International Politics analyzes how decision-makers misread intentions, signals, and structural pressures in international politics. When Moral Seriousness Scales cites that work for the danger of treating pressure as destiny—once acceleration feels unavoidable, advantage masquerades as inevitability. Jervis studies perceptual error under strategic uncertainty; the book argues moral seriousness must operate deliberately when reciprocity and norms no longer stabilize restraint automatically.
