Thinking in time : the uses of history for decision-makers /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Free Press,
1988.
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| Edition: | 1st Free Press pbk. ed. 1988. |
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Table of Contents:
- Success story. The Cuban missile crisis of 1962
- A second success. The Social Security reform of 1983
- Unreasoning from analogies. Defending South Korea in 1950 ; The swine flu scare of 1976
- The seducer and the kid next door. The Mayaguez rescue of 1975 ; Carter's "hundred days" in 1977
- Dodging bothersome analogues. Americanizing the Vietnam War in 1965
- Inspecting issue history. The Soviet brigade in Cuba, 1979 ; Starting Social Security in 1935 ; The Skybolt affair of 1962
- Finding history that fits. The arms control initiative of 1977
- Probing presumptions. The Bay of Pigs in 1961
- Placing strangers. Johnson's advisers on Vietnam, 1965 ; "Madam Secretary" v. Mary Anderson, 1933
- Placing across barriers. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X ; Helmut Schmidt v. Jimmy Carter ; Harold Macmillan on Skybolt
- Noticing patterns. Leonid Brezhnev and colleagues ; Henry M. Jackson in the Senate ; Marxism-Leninism and Soviet economics ; American images of economic growth ; LBJ placing people
- Placing organizations. The Central Intelligence Agency ; The Center for Disease Control ; The Social Security Administration ; The Office of Planning and Evaluation
- What to do and how : a summary. Thucydides on the Athenians ; Mini-methods in staff work
- Seeing time as a stream. George C. Marshall ; Secession, 1860-61 ; The Great Crash.