From the Mind to the Feet: Assessing the Perception-To-Intent-To-Action Dynamic

Kuznar, Lawrence A.

ISBN 10: 1780399707 / ISBN 13: 9781780399706

Published by Military Bookshop 2011-02, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From the Mind to the Feet: Assessing the Perception-To-Intent-To-Action Dynamic
• Publisher: Military Bookshop 2011-02
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780399707
• ISBN 13: 9781780399706
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The 12 essays in this volume examine the concept of intent in defense, security, and foreign-policy contexts. They provide operational and academic perspectives on measuring the intent of adversaries, including nation-states and nonstate actors, and understanding the relationship of intent to behavior. The essays apply the insights and methods of multiple disciplines-anthropology, psychology, political science, neuroscience, and others-to the study of intent, for which there is currently no coherent body of research. As Lt Gen Robert Elder, USAF, retired, notes, we are good at estimating an adversary's capabilities but not as good at estimating his intent. To influence an adversary's behavior, we must understand the perception-to-intent-to-action dynamic that underlies his behavior. This collection of essays, which emerged from a Department of Defense Strategic Multilayer Assessment, provides perspectives for doing so. The authors represent multiple agencies and fields of study; some are academics, and some are military subject-matter experts. Their expertise includes decision and behavioral analysis, social psychology, warfare and military strategy, political behavior, applications of neuroscience to behavioral studies, foreign policy, and antiterrorism.