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Page 137
... initial decision to resort to some form of coercive ac- tion to get rid of the missiles in Cuba may have failed to meet some of these criteria . Had he not precluded the alternative of relying upon the traditional methods of diplomacy ...
... initial decision to resort to some form of coercive ac- tion to get rid of the missiles in Cuba may have failed to meet some of these criteria . Had he not precluded the alternative of relying upon the traditional methods of diplomacy ...
Page 145
... initial decision ( before the first meeting of the Ex- ecutive Committee ) was that some form of coercive action would have to be taken to eliminate the missile threat . This judgment has been attacked by a number of political critics ...
... initial decision ( before the first meeting of the Ex- ecutive Committee ) was that some form of coercive action would have to be taken to eliminate the missile threat . This judgment has been attacked by a number of political critics ...
Page 145
... initial decision to resort to some form of coercive ac- tion to get rid of the missiles in Cuba may have failed to meet some of these criteria . Had he not precluded the alternative of relying upon the traditional methods of diplomacy ...
... initial decision to resort to some form of coercive ac- tion to get rid of the missiles in Cuba may have failed to meet some of these criteria . Had he not precluded the alternative of relying upon the traditional methods of diplomacy ...
Contents
Why So Many Miscalculations? | 2 |
The Bay of Pigs | 14 |
The Wrong | 48 |
Copyright | |
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Acheson administration Admiral Kimmel advisers advisory group air strike Allen Dulles alternative American assumptions attack avoid Bay of Pigs blockade bombing Castro Chiefs of Staff Chinese cohesive group Communist concurrence-seeking consensus course of action critical Cuba Cuban missile crisis danger Dean Defense deliberations discussion effect Ehrlichman evidence Executive Committee expected fiasco group dynamics groupthink hypothesis groupthink tendencies Haldeman Hawaii Ibid in-group inner circle invasion plan issues Japanese Johnson Joint Chiefs judgment Kennan Kennedy's Korean War leader major Marshall Plan McNamara meetings military moral naval Nixon North Korea North Vietnam officers participants Pearl Harbor Pentagon Papers policy-making group political present President Kennedy President's pressures problem procedures psychological questions responsible risks Robert Kennedy role Rusk Schlesinger Secretary shared sion social Sorensen Soviet Union stereotypes stress symptoms of groupthink thinking threat tion transcripts Truman Vietnam Vietnam War warning Watergate cover-up White House White House group