Groupthink: Psychological Studies of Policy Decisions and Fiascoes |
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... evidence shows that even if his main arguments against the quagmire myth are subsequently verified by fresh evidence about the deliberations of the policy - makers , his analysis of the major escalation decisions made by the Johnson ...
... evidence shows that even if his main arguments against the quagmire myth are subsequently verified by fresh evidence about the deliberations of the policy - makers , his analysis of the major escalation decisions made by the Johnson ...
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... evidence from small samples , and failing to discount evidence from biased samples . " Even without all these sources of miscalculation , the mere fact that a huge overload of complicated information has to be processed in order to ar ...
... evidence from small samples , and failing to discount evidence from biased samples . " Even without all these sources of miscalculation , the mere fact that a huge overload of complicated information has to be processed in order to ar ...
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... evidence to keep the good ones going . By accumulating systematic evidence , they could contribute to the transformation of effective policy - making from a haphazard art into a cumulative science . In the absence of sound evaluation ...
... evidence to keep the good ones going . By accumulating systematic evidence , they could contribute to the transformation of effective policy - making from a haphazard art into a cumulative science . In the absence of sound evaluation ...
Contents
Why So Many Miscalculations? | 2 |
The Bay of Pigs | 14 |
The Wrong | 48 |
Copyright | |
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