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All members of a government policy - making group share these common
sources of stress whenever they have to make an important foreign policy
decision . Even if the President alone is officially responsible , each of his close
advisers ...
All members of a government policy - making group share these common
sources of stress whenever they have to make an important foreign policy
decision . Even if the President alone is officially responsible , each of his close
advisers ...
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tion ' s Cuban missile decision , worked out during an unprecedented crisis
posing the grave danger of imminent nuclear war , occurred under the most
stressful conditions of all , and yet groupthink tendencies were kept to a minimum
.
tion ' s Cuban missile decision , worked out during an unprecedented crisis
posing the grave danger of imminent nuclear war , occurred under the most
stressful conditions of all , and yet groupthink tendencies were kept to a minimum
.
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The explanatory hypothesis , with its emphasis on the primary role of internal or
external sources of stress , has an important implication concerning instances of
groupthink in situations of relatively low stress from external threats . Here I am ...
The explanatory hypothesis , with its emphasis on the primary role of internal or
external sources of stress , has an important implication concerning instances of
groupthink in situations of relatively low stress from external threats . Here I am ...
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Why So Many Miscalculations? | 2 |
The Bay of Pigs | 14 |
The Wrong | 48 |
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