Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes |
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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 ...
Contents
Why So Many Miscalculations? | 2 |
The Bay of Pigs | 14 |
The Wrong | 48 |
Copyright | |
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