Main entry:

Neustadt, Richard E., author.

Title & Author:

Thinking in time : the uses of history for decision-makers / Richard E. Neustadt, Ernest R. May.

Edition:

1st Free Press pbk. ed. 1988.

Publication:

New York : Free Press, 1988, ©1986.

Description:

xxii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

Summary:

Provides a process and framework for using historical knowledge in intelligent decision making, and presents several situations in which world leaders did and did not do this.

ISBN:

0029227917
9780029227916
0029227909
9780029227909

Subject:

Decision making Case studies.
Historical models.
Prise de décision Études de cas.
Decision making
Politics and government Decision making
Case studies. Decision making.
United States Politics and government 1945- Decision making Case studies.
United States Foreign relations 1945- Decision making Case studies.
United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 Decision making Case studies.
United States Politics and government 1945-1989 Decision making Case studies.
États-Unis Relations extérieures 1945-1989 Prise de décision Études de cas.
États-Unis Politique et gouvernement 1945-1989 Prise de décision Études de cas.
United States
United States Foreign relations Decision making Case studies
United States Politics and government Decision making Case studies
United States Foreign relations Case studies.
United States Politics and government Case studies.

Form/genre:

Case studies.
Études de cas.

Added entries:

May, Ernest R.

Uses of history for decision-makers

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307595
Call No.: BIB 253066
Status: Available