Judgment Calls

Finding the Way to Wise Decisions
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-8382-2142-7
Verlag: Ibidem-Verlag

Buch, Englisch, 412 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 604 g

Reihe: The Best of Scholars and Scholarship in the Humanities

How can we make better decisions—especially when the stakes are highest? In , historian Zachary Shore tackles this timeless puzzle with intellectual daring and uncommon range. Known for his work on peace and war, Shore has never limited himself to a single discipline. Instead, he roams across history, science, culture, and current events to illuminate how we think, where we go wrong, and how we might judge more wisely. This provocative collection brings together essays that confront some of our most challenging questions. How should we remember the twentieth century? Why do even brilliant scientists miss the connections that bind the natural world? What does it take to truly understand our enemies? Did the atom bombs actually cause Japan’s surrender? Could a cultural moment like the death of Robin Williams reveal something about the society we create? With clarity, wit, and a gift for unexpected insight, Shore asks the questions most of us never think to pose—and then leads us toward answers that linger. Surprising, wide-ranging, and deeply humane, is an invitation to let history help guide us toward a Wiser Way (see also the author's blog at wiserway.substack.com).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shore, Zachary

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hochschild, Adam

Yale Neaman, Elliot

Feldman, Matthew

Mamdani, Karim

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Über Autor(innen)

Hochschild, Adam
Adam Hochschild is the author of eleven books, the most recent of which is American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis.

Shore, Zachary
Zachary Shore is Professor of History at the Naval Postgraduate School and a National Security Visiting Fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution. He earned his doctorate in modern history at Oxford, performed postdoctoral research at Harvard, and held a fellowship at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. In 2024, he received the Alfried Krupp Foundation fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin. Shore is the author of five previous books on judgment in world affairs. He is also the author of Grad School Essentials, a humorous guide to boosting performance in grad school. He can be reached through ZacharyShore.com.