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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Bay of Pigs"”.
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Intelligence and decision making : the Bay of Pigs operation and the Cuban missile crisis.
Until the end of the 1950s, for nearly two centuries most political and economic relationships between the United States and Cuba had favored the United States; however, with the triumph of Castro's Revolution and the growing involvement of the USSR in Cuba's political, economic, and military …
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A theory of group decision-making applied to the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis decisions
<p>This study of political decision-making stressing the process of decision-making in a group setting is, in part, a reaction against traditional approaches of political analysis.</p><p>The study of international relations is overburdened with historical studies of the interaction between states. …
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The Central Intelligence Agency and Cuba: How the Trap of Success Led to the Bay of Pigs
… and Guatemala shaped the decision to launch the Bay of Pigs invasion, and why the United States government embarked on an operation that had little chance of success. Key areas of discussion are the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and its role in the removal of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadeq …
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Decision Making During National Security Crisis: The Case of the JFK Administration
… crises is an important task that many elected officials face during their time in office. This thesis seeks to identify principles that make up a sound policy decision-making process and may lead to more positive outcomes. The analysis here is a comparative case study of three national security …
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Foreign Policy Mismanagement During American Presidential Transitions
… limitations that threaten the effectiveness of presidential authority. First, presidential authority is unclear in the ambiguity of the transition period. Second, new administrations struggle to incorporate overlapping initiatives and personnel into new policies and priorities. Third, …
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Was the Decision to Invade Iraq and the Failure of Occupation Planning a Case of Groupthink?
… Iraq and the failed planning for the occupation of Iraq. Since Janis introduced groupthink in 1972, the groupthink perspective has been used to explain foreign policy disasters such as the failure to anticipate the Pearl Harbor attack and the Bay of Pigs. However, the groupthink perspective is …
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Strategic Consequences: How Executive and Organizational Decision-Making Impacts the Outcome of Unconventional Warfare
… focused at the tactical and operational level of analysis. This means the emphasis on explaining outcomes is placed on personnel (recruiting, assessing, selecting, and training), cutting edge equipment, innovative tactics, or advanced command and control procedures. Addressing this …
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Writing insurrection: U.S. literature and the politics of Latin American intervention, 1898 to 2010
Stories of defiant rebels, leering dictators, and wretched refugees have defined Latin America for U.S. audiences during the twentieth century. Most scholars assume that these narratives reinforce the conventional rhetoric of Latin brutality that justifies U.S. imperialism, but my dissertation …