political fiascoes and demonstrates that groupthink is the leading cause behind these mishaps. Some of his examples are from foreign policy fiascoes such as the The Bay of Pigs‚ The Korean War‚ Pearl Harbor‚ Vietnam‚ and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Since this presentation is very short and limited I have chosen to focus directly on the Bay of Pigs fiasco and show how Janis portrays it as a product of groupthink. I. Introduction A. Groupthink is a quick and easy way to refer to a mode of thinking that
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Review the setting. Lasting only three days‚ the Bay of Pigs was a short yet defining battle in the Cold War. Fought between the communist Soviet Union and the United States the cold war lasted approximately 45 years. In the years of the Cold War‚ 1945-1991 “America and its allies struggled to keep the communist‚ totalitarian Soviet Union from expanding into Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa.” (Independence Hall Association‚ 2016) The Bay of Pigs affected The Cold War on a strategic level as one of the
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I got the chance to interview a senior who goes to Casco Bay High School. His name is Zack and he’s been at Casco bay since freshman year and this is his 4th and final year at Casco Bay. He’s pretty tall and has short-ish red hair. When my whole class met up with seniors to interview I went and found him and everybody and their partner scurried off to start their interview. We went over to a big carpeted area called the great space. We went over to to a corner of the room I grabbed a comfy padded
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The failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 illustrates the mismanagement‚ lack of security‚ and over confidence of our president and CIA at the time. This failure caused tensions to rise between the two superpowers of the world‚ The Soviet Union and the United States. While the blame for this failure falls on the president and intelligence community‚ there are many lessons to be learned. I will first discuss the background leading up to the operation‚ the operation‚ then failures and lessons
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Pelican Bay Supermax Pelican Bay Supermax After listening to and or reading the transcripts of Locked Down: Gangs in the Supermax by Michael Montgomery‚ one gets a glimpse of prison life‚ sociological issues inmates and staff face‚ and the subculture of prison life faced by staff and prisoners alike on a daily basis. However‚ instead of delving completely in to the situational circumstances of prisoner life‚ it is more important to understand the history of this Supermax prison and why
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Detention center in Guantanamo Bay. One of the main questions that are being asked is whether or not the detention at Guantanamo bay Is unconstitutional. One other key Point that has been raised in the possible closing of Guantanamo bay is where will the detainees go if it is closed. In order to better understand the reasoning behind this detention we must look at the reason for the detention in the first place. For the detainees that are being kept on Guantanamo bay They are there do to being identified
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The Massachusetts Bay School Law Upon arriving in America‚ the Puritans have a charter granted by the king which gives them some measure of self-government. The "Massachusetts Bay School Law" established in 1642 expressed the Puritans ideas on education‚ religion‚ and the study of a "particular" calling. Every Puritan was expected to abide by the law and to report offenders‚ who were consequently reprimanded or punished accordingly. The master of the family was obliged‚ according to the "Massachusetts
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The Chesapeake Bay watershed is considered to be the largest estuary in the United States as it covers six states and the “entire District of Columbia including Virginia‚ Maryland‚ the‚ Delaware‚ Pennsylvania‚ West Virginia‚ and New York. An estuary is defined as bodies of water where fresh and salty seawater mix” (USDA). The Chesapeake Bay measures to be about 64‚000 square miles in length and is considered home to five major rivers in the world. This includes the James‚ York‚ Potomac‚ Susquehanna
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There is a time before and after the events on 9/11. And that events were the reason why the Guantanamo Bay prison was established in January 2002And after the events the United States of America started the ’’War on Terror’’ by hunting down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts‚" . The goverment tried to make illegal things legal. They ignore the fact that there is a given treatment to prisoner of war. The US government tried to justify torture. Alberto R. Gonzales who was the
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Preface This report holds some basic information on the given topic ‘Natural Disaster’. I had to go through some books and surf through the internet to get this project done and going through these stuffs was really interesting and informative. I have tried to include much information about the topic. This report consists of an introduction to natural disasters‚ their causes and some measures to prevent these calamities. I hope the contents of this report will give the readers a quick
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