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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... President's team . According to his close associates in the government , the President's brother was a bright young man whose strengths far outweighed his weaknesses . The Attorney General had been briefed on the invasion plan from the ...
... President's team . According to his close associates in the government , the President's brother was a bright young man whose strengths far outweighed his weaknesses . The Attorney General had been briefed on the invasion plan from the ...
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... President's biased way of handling the meetings . They need not have been so acquiescent about it . Had anyone suggested to the President that it might be a good idea for the group to gain more perspective by studying statements of ...
... President's biased way of handling the meetings . They need not have been so acquiescent about it . Had anyone suggested to the President that it might be a good idea for the group to gain more perspective by studying statements of ...
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... President's most trusted key advisers who were members of his inner circle - Robert Kennedy , Dean Rusk , Robert McNamara , and McGeorge Bundy . It is unlikely that these powerful men who were closest to the President would have a high ...
... President's most trusted key advisers who were members of his inner circle - Robert Kennedy , Dean Rusk , Robert McNamara , and McGeorge Bundy . It is unlikely that these powerful men who were closest to the President would have a high ...
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