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The Polythink Syndrome

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

The Polythink Syndrome

By Alex Mintz, Carly Wayne

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Why do presidents and their advisors often make sub-optimal decisions on military intervention, escalation, de-escalation, and termination of conflicts? The leading concept of group dynamics, groupthink, offers one explanation: policy-making groups make sub-optimal decisions due to their desire for conformity and uniformity over dissent, leading to a failure to consider other relevant possibilities. But presidential advisory groups are often fragmented and divisive. This book therefore scrutiniz...Show more

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ISBN

9780804796767

Publisher

Stanford University Press

Published year

2016

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