Essence of Decision
Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis
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Essence of Decision
Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis
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The best single volume analyzing the defining moment in the nuclear age, the original edition of Essence of Decision is a classic work that has influenced generations of students, scholars, and policy makers. The fully revised second edition of this best-selling text includes comprehensive synthesis of all new evidence-including declassified Kennedy tapes and Soviet files. Not only revised, but completely rewritten, the new edition provides deeper and clearer answers to an enduring question: how should citizens understand the actions of their governments and political leaders?
Table of Contents
A Rigorous Model of Action
A Rational Actor Paradigm
The Classical Model Illustrated
Classical Realism. Neorealism (Structural Realism).
International Institutionalism. Liberalism. Strategy, War, and Rational Choice.
Variants and Uses of the Classical Model
Chater 2. The Cuban Missile Crisis: A First Cut
Why Did the Soviet Union Decide to Place Offensive Missiles in Cuba?
Hypothesis 1: Cuban Defense. Hypothesis 2: Cold War Politics.Hypothesis 3: Missile Power. Hypothesis 4: Berlin-Win, Trade, or Trap.
Why Did the United States Respond to the Missile Deployment with a Blockade?
Alternative 1: Do Nothing. Alternative 2: Diplomatic Pressures. Alternative 3: A Secret Approach to Castro.Alternative 4: Invasion. Alternative 5: Air Strike.Alternative 6: Blockade.
Why Did the Soviet Union Withdraw the Missiles?
Chapter 3. Model II: Organizational Behavior
Organizational Logic and Efficiency
Organizational Logic and Organizational Culture
Interactive Complexity
NASA: Hero and Goat
Organizational Behavior Paradigm
Chapter 4. The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Second Cut
Deployment of Soviet Missiles in Cuba
The Soviet Build-up in Detail. Organizational Implementation.
Imposition of a U.S. Blockade of Cuba
Organizational Intelligence. Organizational Options.Organizational Implementation.
The Withdrawal of Soviet Missiles from Cuba
Chapter 5. Model III: Governmental Politics
The Governmental Politics Model Illustrated
1. Separated Institutions Sharing Power. 2. The Power to Persuade. 3. Bargaining According to the Processes. 4. Power Equals Impact on Outcome. 5. Intranational and International Relations.
Group Processes and Their Effects on Choices and Action
1. Better Decisions. 2. The "Agency" Problem: Principals, Agents, and Players. 3. Participants: Who Plays? 4. Decision Rules. 5. Framing Issues and Setting Agendas. 6. Groupthink.7. Complexity of Joint Action.
A Governmental Politics Paradigm
Chapter 6. The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Third Cut
The Imposition of a Blockade by the United States
The Politics of Discovery. The Politics of Choice.
Soviet Withdrawal of the Missiles from Cuba
Soviets Kill an American U-2 Pilot. The President and the Chairman. The "Deal": Resolving the Turkish Problem.The "Deal": Resolving the Cuban Problem.
Chapter 7. Conclusion
Summing Up: Differences in Interpretation
Summing Up: Different Answers or Different Questions?
Where Do We Go from Here?
Product details
| Published | Feb 04 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Pages | 464 |
| ISBN | 9798216380719 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 20 B&W images |
| Dimensions | 216 x 140 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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