Victims of Groupthink: A Psychological Study of Foreign-policy Decisions and FiascoesJanis identifies the causes and fateful consequences of groupthink, the process that takes over when decision-making bodies agree for the sake of agreeing to abandon their critical judgment. |
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Why So Many Miscalculations? | 2 |
The Bay of Pigs | 14 |
The Wrong War with | 50 |
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