Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and FiascoesGroupthink - the psychological drive for consensus at any cost that suppresses disagreement and prevents the appraisal of alternatives in cohesive decision-making groups. In the first edition (Victims of groupthink), Iriving L. Janis showed how this phenomenon contributed to some of the major U.S. foreign policy fiascos of recent decades: the Korean War stalemate, the escalation of the Vietnam War, the failure to be prepared for the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the Bay of Pigs blunder. He also examined cases, such as the handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the formulation of the Marshall Plan, where groupthink was avoided. Here, in this revised and expanded edition, Janis applies his hypothesis to the Watergate cover-up, portraying in detail how groupthink helped to put the participants on a disastrous couurse and keep them there. In addition, he presents some fresh ideas on how and why groupthink occurs and offers suggestions for avoiding it. |
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Explanations of how the cover - up fiasco came about Of the millions of words
published about Watergate , only a tiny percentage have addressed the
fundamental psychological question : How could a group of clever , politically
astute men ...
Explanations of how the cover - up fiasco came about Of the millions of words
published about Watergate , only a tiny percentage have addressed the
fundamental psychological question : How could a group of clever , politically
astute men ...
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and large , as loyal and valuable members of the team during the formative
period of the Watergate cover - up . In general , one finds hardly any signs at all
in the transcripts of recriminations , bickering , or clashes of any kind among the
five ...
and large , as loyal and valuable members of the team during the formative
period of the Watergate cover - up . In general , one finds hardly any signs at all
in the transcripts of recriminations , bickering , or clashes of any kind among the
five ...
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supported by Haldeman - to discontinue the cover - up by openly revealing the
gist of the truth along with plausible explanations that might have enabled Nixon
and his men to survive in office despite public censure . By abstaining from any ...
supported by Haldeman - to discontinue the cover - up by openly revealing the
gist of the truth along with plausible explanations that might have enabled Nixon
and his men to survive in office despite public censure . By abstaining from any ...
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Contents
Why So Many Miscalculations? | 2 |
The Wrong | 48 |
Or Why the Fortress Slept | 72 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes |
| Author | Irving Lester Janis |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Aug 2007 |
| ISBN | 0395317045, 9780395317044 |
| Length | 349 pages |
| Subjects | › Psychology / Social Psychology |
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