Confidence in Crisis

Abstract

The importance of confidence, of reciprocated expectations of non-hostile behavior, and of measures that may generate such confidence was exquisitely expressed 2400 years ago, as reported by Xenophon in his chronicles of the Persian Expedition. Mutual suspicion arose between the Greek army departing Persia and the Persian army escorting them. The Greek leader called for an interview with the Persian try to put a stop these suspicions before they ended in open hostility. When they met, he said,