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EXAMINES THE USEFULNESS OF SIGNALING FOREIGN POLICY INTENTIONS THROUGH "INCREMENTAL COMMITMENT" BY LOOKING AT PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S USE OF IT DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS AND PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S USE OF IT IN THE VIETNAM WAR. IN EXPLAINING KENNEDY'S SUCCESS AND JOHNSON'S FAILURE CONCLUDES THAT THIS STRATEGY IS USEFUL PRIMARILY IN CORRECTING A MUTUAL MISPERCEPTION.

THIS ARTICLE ANALYZES DISCRETE IDIOSYNCRATIC GOODS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORIES OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE. THE AUTHORS ARGUE THAT THE DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH PRACTICAL EFFORTS TO DISTRIBUTE SUCH GOODS JUSTLY ARE INHERENT IN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GOODS THEMSELVES. USING MEDICAL CARE AND POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION AS EXAMPLES, THEY EXAMINE THESE CHARACTERISTICS AND OFFER SUGGESTIONS FOR WAYS TO DISTRIBUTE THESE GOODS MORE FAIRLY.