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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Mintz, Alex (1953-....)
Wayne, Carly
Titre(s) : The polythink syndrome [Texte imprimé] : U.S. foreign policy decisions on 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and ISIS / Alex Mintz and Carly Wayne
Publication : Stanford (Calif.) : Stanford university press, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-190 p.) ; 23 cm
Comprend : The polythink syndrome ; Causes, symptoms, and consequences of polythink ; Polythink
in national security : the 9/11 attacks ; Polythink and Afghanistan war decisions
: war initiation and termination ; Decision making in the Iraq War: from groupthink
to polythink ; Polythink in the Iranian nuclear dispute : decisions of the U.S. and
Israel ; Recent challenges : the Syria debate, the renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace
negotiations, and the ISIS decision ; The global nature of polythink and its productive
potential.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 175-186
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 scrutinizes
Polythink, a group decision-making dynamic whereby different members in a decision-making
unit espouse a plurality of opinions and divergent policy prescriptions, resulting
in a disjointed decision-making process or even decision paralysis. The book analyzes
eleven national security decisions, including the national security policy designed
prior to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the decisions to enter into and withdraw from
Afghanistan and Iraq, the 2007 "Surge," the crisis over the Iranian nuclear program,
the UN Security Council decision on the Syrian Civil War, the faltering Kerry Peace
Process in the Middle East, and the U.S. decision on military operations against ISIS.
Based on the analysis of these case studies, the authors address implications of the
Polythink phenomenon, including prescriptions for avoiding and/or overcoming it, and
develop strategies and tools for what they call Productive Polythink. The authors
also show the applicability of Polythink to business, industry, and everyday decisions.
-- from back cover
Sujet(s) : Sécurité nationale -- Prise de décision -- États-Unis
Relations extérieures -- États-Unis -- 2001-2009
Relations extérieures -- États-Unis -- 2009-2017
Genre ou forme : Études de cas
Indice(s) Dewey :
327.730 56 (23e éd.) = Relations extérieures - États-Unis - Moyen-Orient
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780804795159. - ISBN 0804795150. - ISBN 9780804796767. - ISBN 0804796769. -
ISBN 9780804796774 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb452521458
Notice n° :
FRBNF45252145
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