Prisoners of Their Premises: How Unexamined Assumptions Lead to War and Other Policy Debacles

by George C. Edwards III

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226822826
• ISBN13: 9780226822822
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"