{"product_id":"2026100011098-secondhand-essence-of-decision-explaining-the-cuban-missile-crisis","title":"Essence Of Decision: Explaining The Cuban Missile Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn October 1962, the world stood on the precipice of nuclear annihilation as the United States and the Soviet Union locked horns over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba — and Graham T. Allison's Essence of Decision offers the definitive analytical account of those thirteen terrifying days. Rather than accepting a simple narrative of rational actors making calculated choices, Allison dismantles the event through three distinct conceptual lenses — the Rational Actor Model, the Organizational Behavior Model, and the Governmental Politics Model — revealing how bureaucratic inertia, institutional constraints, and political bargaining shaped decisions that nearly ended civilization.\n\nA landmark work in political science and foreign policy analysis, this study transformed how scholars, strategists, and policymakers understand governmental decision-making under crisis conditions. Allison's rigorous, multi-model methodology argues convincingly that no single framework can capture the complexity of state behavior, a thesis that continues to resonate in an era of renewed geopolitical tension. Whether you are a student of history, a policy professional, or simply a curious mind, Essence of Decision raises a question that lingers long after the final page: how close does the world perpetually teeter to catastrophe, and who — or what — truly holds the wheel?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572921503963,"sku":"2026100011098-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/94e2cf4a-1eea-4133-ac9c-183f028f2734.png?v=1791167584","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100011098-secondhand-essence-of-decision-explaining-the-cuban-missile-crisis","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}