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Decision Making during International Crises

dc.contributor.authorHerek, Gregoryen_US
dc.contributor.authorJanis, Irvingen_US
dc.contributor.authorHuth, Paulen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T18:53:27Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T18:53:27Z
dc.date.issued1987en_US
dc.identifier.citationHerek, Gregory; Janis, Irving; Huth, Paul (1987). "Decision Making during International Crises." Journal of Conflict Resolution 31(2): 203-226. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66832>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0022-0027en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66832
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the hypothesis that high-quality decision-making procedures during crises are associated with better crisis outcomes than are defective decision-making procedures. Presidential decision making during 19 international crises since World War II was examined for seven symptoms of defective decision making proposed by Janis and Mann (1977). Crisis outcomes were rated by outside experts in terms of their effect on U.S. vital interests and on international conflict. Results indicated that crisis outcomes tended to have more adverse effects on U.S. interests and were more likely to increase international conflict when the decision-making process was characterized by a large number of symptoms. Alternative explanations are considered and the implications of these results for improving decision makers' procedures are discussed.en_US
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dc.publisherSage Publicationsen_US
dc.titleDecision Making during International Crisesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPolitical Scienceen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelGovernment, Politics and Lawen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Political Science, University of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Psychology, Graduate Center of the City University of New Yorken_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Psychology, University of California, Berkeleyen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66832/2/10.1177_0022002787031002001.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0022002787031002001en_US
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of Conflict Resolutionen_US
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