The decision point
Subtitle: six cases in U.S. foreign policy decision making
By: David Patrick Houghton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780199743520
Subjects: Case studies; Foreign relations; Decision making
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The decision point: an introduction; title: Part I. Theories: Homo bureaucraticus; Homo sociologicus; Homo psychologicus; title: Part II. Case studies: The Bay of Pigs: "how could I have been so stupid?"; To the brink: the Cuban missile crisis; An agonizing decision: escalating the Vietnam War; Disaster in the desert: the Iran hostage crisis; NATO intervenes: 78 days over Kosovo; Into Iraq: a war of choice; title: Conclusions.