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Presidential Policymaking in Crisis Situations: 9/11 and Its Aftermath.
- Source :
- Policy Studies Journal; 2003, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p451-464, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- This paper compares the decision-making approaches of two presidents, John F. Kennedy and George W. Bush, in relation to unanticipated international crises. One, President Kennedy, employed a broad body of expert opinion and entertained a wide range of options in meeting the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1963. The actions taken avoided a potential worldwide nuclear war. The other, George W. Bush, consulted only a few, like-minded colleagues and appears to have decided early on that a war directed against Iraq and Saddam Hussein was a necessity. The administration's justifications for the war were difficult to prove and the administration chose an essentially bilateral (as against a multi-lateral) approach. The Iraq War was won fairly easily, although its long-range consequences remain unclear. The two styles of decision-making present polarized approaches to international crisis situation management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PRESIDENTS
DECISION making
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0190292X
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Policy Studies Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 10531601
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1541-0072.00034