Decision Making During National Security Crisis: The Case of the JFK Administration

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dc.contributor.authorBeckner, Lauren Reneeen
dc.contributor.committeecochairPourchot, Georgeta V.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairHult, Karen M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDixit, Priyaen
dc.contributor.departmentPolitical Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:45:44Zen
dc.date.adate2012-10-15en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:45:44Zen
dc.date.issued2012-09-07en
dc.date.rdate2012-10-15en
dc.date.sdate2012-09-20en
dc.description.abstractDecision-making during crises is an important task that many elected officials face during their time in office. This thesis seeks to identify principles that make up a sound policy decision-making process and may lead to more positive outcomes. The analysis here is a comparative case study of three national security crises that faced the John F. Kennedy administration: the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam conflict. Each case is examined for the presence of indicators of groupthink. I hypothesize that the relative absence of groupthink is related to a positive outcome. That hypothesis is examined by reviewing each case; the cases that contained higher levels of the indicators of groupthink tended to have a poorer quality process than those with less evidence of groupthink.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-09202012-225955en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09202012-225955/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/35130en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartBeckner_L_R_T_2012.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDecision-makingen
dc.subjectKennedy administrationen
dc.subjectCrisisen
dc.subjectNational securityen
dc.subjectBay of Pigsen
dc.subjectCuban Missile Crisisen
dc.subjectVietnamen
dc.titleDecision Making During National Security Crisis: The Case of the JFK Administrationen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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