Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile CrisisOne of the most influental political science works written in the post World War II era, the original edition of Essence of Decision is a unique and fascinating examination of the pivotal event of the cold Cold War. Not simply revised, but completely re-written, the Second Edition of this classic text is a fresh reinterpretation of the theories and events surrounding the Cuban Missle Crisis, incorporating all new information from the Kennedy tapes and recently declassified Soviet files. Essence of Decision Second Edition, is a vivid look at decision-making under pressure and is the only single volume work that attempts to answer the enduring question: how should citizens understand the actions of their government? |
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... Kennedy's life more difficult before the congressional elections.68 When Khrushchev met with a member of Kennedy's cabinet , Interior Secretary Stewart Udall , on September 6 he warned that he intended to settle the Berlin issue once ...
... Kennedy's White House . He took it , spending fourteen hours over two days with Kennedy's press secretary , Pierre Salinger . The central issue was Berlin , which seemed almost an obsession , fused together with issues of missile power ...
... Kennedy to write the note to Rusk , see Arthur M. Schlesinger , Jr. , Robert Kennedy and His Times ( Boston : Houghton Mifflin , 1978 ) , pp . 522-23 . Schlesinger quotes some of Kennedy's handwritten notes on the matter , also ...
Contents
Model I The Rational Actor | 13 |
A RIGOROUS MODEL OF ACTION | 16 |
A RATIONAL ACTOR PARADIGM | 23 |
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