Talk at the brink
Subtitle: deliberation and decision during the Cuban Missile Crisis
By: David R. Gibson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780691151311
Subjects: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; Case studies; Decision making; Social interaction
Description: Uses the tools of Conversaton analysis to show how the decisions of the ExComm were made during the Cuban Missile Crisis, based on audio tapes made by President Kennedy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: talk in time of crisis; title: The future in thought and talk; title: The ExComm; title: The response; title: The blockade; title: The deal; title: Conclusion.