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As Ithiel Pool , one of the few American professors of political science who
supported the Johnson administration ' s basic Vietnam policy , points out : “ It is
hard to understand how intelligent men could believe that aerial bombardment ...
As Ithiel Pool , one of the few American professors of political science who
supported the Johnson administration ' s basic Vietnam policy , points out : “ It is
hard to understand how intelligent men could believe that aerial bombardment ...
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President Johnson ' s inner circle During the Johnson administration the major
Vietnam decisions were made by a small inner circle of government officials ,
most of whom remained for a few years and then were replaced , one at a time .
President Johnson ' s inner circle During the Johnson administration the major
Vietnam decisions were made by a small inner circle of government officials ,
most of whom remained for a few years and then were replaced , one at a time .
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If historical research on the Johnson administration proves Hoopes to be right ,
we shall have strong evidence that the President , like other members of the inner
circle , was a victim of groupthink . But any definitive judgment of whether this ...
If historical research on the Johnson administration proves Hoopes to be right ,
we shall have strong evidence that the President , like other members of the inner
circle , was a victim of groupthink . But any definitive judgment of whether this ...
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Contents
Why So Many Miscalculations? | 2 |
The Wrong | 48 |
Or Why the Fortress Slept | 72 |
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| Title | Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes |
| Author | Irving Lester Janis |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1983 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Aug 2007 |
| ISBN | 0395331897, 9780395331897 |
| Length | 351 pages |
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