The Jervis Effect

Who else other than Robert Jervis could have attracted some of the top names in the academy, gathered together in this outstanding volume to write about him and his contribution to scholarship with such warmth, respect, and sense of loss? An inspiration to students and a constant source of original ideas who was not afraid of speaking truth to power, there was really nobody else in our field like him. -- Michael Cox, emeritus professor of international relations, LSE, and a founding director of LSE IDEAS A witty, warm, and very readable collection. Jervis’s curiosity, enthusiasm, and scholarship over more than fifty years is revealed in these essays. A book for every bookshelf, and the most thoughtful guide to a deeper understanding of how international relations actually work. -- Anne Deighton, emeritus professor of European international politics, University of Oxford An appropriately substantial and multifaceted monument to the work and impact of the late Robert Jervis. Leading scholars in the field provide detailed reviews of the pathbreaking contributions Jervis made to the analysis of relations between states. But they also testify to the impact he made beyond his writings—as a teacher and mentor, through his personal qualities as well as his intellectual ones. A giant in the field of international relations, Jervis was also quite clearly an exceptional person. -- John Thompson, emeritus reader in American history, University of Cambridge The Jervis Effect is more than a celebration of Robert Jervis’s esteemed scholarship—though it is certainly a loving presentation of him. The book also shows the breadth of Jervis’s service, and the result is revelatory regarding the application of theory and research to real-world events. -- Thomas Zeiler, director of the International Affairs Program, University of Colorado Boulder