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Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis (2nd Edition)
Essence of Decision Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis - 2nd Edition
Author: Graham T. Allison, Philip Zelikow
One of the most influential 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 War. Not simply revised, but completely re-written, the Second Edition of this classic text is a fresh reinterpretation of the theories a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780321013491
ISBN-10: 0321013492
Publication Date: 1/19/1999
Pages: 440
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Publisher: Longman
Book Type: Paperback
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Absolutely amazing analysis, taken from classified Whitehouse transcripts that were released in the 1970's. If your interested in the cognitive theory aspects of group decisionmaking, then those chapters stand alone, outside the context of the Cuban Missile Crisis. If you're just interested in the amazing history of what could really have been our civilizations' last hours on earth, you'll appreciate the narrative that this book provides.


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