Historical analogies in policy-making : Crimea, World War I and East Asia

From portraying the on-going Sino Japanese as a parallel to the lead-up to World War I, to the Crimean situation as a prelude to German annexation of the Sudetenland, policymakers have always used historical analogies. This is potentially problematic.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fook, Bernard Weng Loo
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102421
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19942
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spelling ntu-10356/1024212020-11-01T07:56:31Z Historical analogies in policy-making : Crimea, World War I and East Asia Fook, Bernard Weng Loo S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science From portraying the on-going Sino Japanese as a parallel to the lead-up to World War I, to the Crimean situation as a prelude to German annexation of the Sudetenland, policymakers have always used historical analogies. This is potentially problematic. 2014-06-30T01:56:23Z 2019-12-06T20:54:42Z 2014-06-30T01:56:23Z 2019-12-06T20:54:42Z 2014 2014 Commentary Fook, B. W. L. (2014). Historical analogies in policy-making : Crimea, World War I and East Asia. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 063). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102421 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19942 en RSIS commentaries, 063-14 Nanyang Technological University 2 p. application/pdf
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title_full Historical analogies in policy-making : Crimea, World War I and East Asia
title_fullStr Historical analogies in policy-making : Crimea, World War I and East Asia
title_full_unstemmed Historical analogies in policy-making : Crimea, World War I and East Asia
title_short Historical analogies in policy-making : Crimea, World War I and East Asia
title_sort historical analogies in policy making crimea world war i and east asia
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