Verfasst von:	Edwards, George C. [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Prisoners of their premises
Titelzusatz:	how unexamined assumptions lead to war and other policy debacles
Verf.angabe:	George C. Edwards III
Verlagsort:	Chicago ; London
Verlag:	The University of Chicago Press
Jahr:	2022
Umfang:	xi, 155 Seiten
Fussnoten:	Literaturhinweise: Seite 109-146, Register
Ang. zum Inhalt:	The power of premises
	Assuming problems : the war in Vietnam
	Ignoring and underestimating problems
	Ignoring and underestimating problems : the Chinese intervention in Korea in 1950
	Assuming and ignoring problems : the invasion of Iraq
	No silver bullet
ISBN:	978-0-226-82280-8
	978-0-226-82282-2
Abstract:	A timely look at the real costs of leaders not examining their assumptions. Why do accomplished and stable leaders frequently make calamitous decisions with devastating consequences for their countries—and other nations? We debate debacles such as the American involvement in Vietnam, seeking to understand why leaders pursued disastrous policies. In Prisoners of Their Premises, George C. Edwards III argues that the failure of leaders to examine their premises—the assumptions they make about the world and situation they are dealing with—cause them to ignore real problems or pursue policies that, in costly ways, deal with problems that are different than they think or simply don’t exist. Edwards looks at the role of premises in identifying (or ignoring) a problem in a series of case studies that range from strategic decisions in World War I and the Korean War to the wars in Vietnam and Iraq. Too often, unexamined premises color initial decisions to pursue a policy and shape the strategies leaders employ to achieve their goals, with grave consequences for their countries, organizations, and potentially the world. Timely and important, Prisoners of Their Premises demonstrates the real costs leaders incur by failing to question their assumptions.
DOI:	doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226822815.001.0001
URL:	Inhaltsverzeichnis: http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780226822822.pdf
	DOI: https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226822815.001.0001
Schlagwörter:	(s)Außenpolitik    / (s)Entscheidungsfindung    / (s)Beurteilung    / (s)Politische Führung    / (s)Entscheidungsprozess    / (s)Politische Entscheidung    / (s)Vorbereitung    / (s)Ursache    / (s)Kriegsursache    / (s)Fehleinschätzung    / (s)Fallstudie    / (g)Erde
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Edwards, George C., 1947 - : Prisoners of their premises. - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022. - 1 Online-Ressource (168 pages)
K10plus-PPN:	1796943312