This case study examines the Bay of Pigs crisis in 1961 and the inadequate decision-making process that led to failure. The US national security council succumbed to groupthink which manifested itself in an illusion of invulnerability and unanimity; and resulted in few alternatives and objectives being considered, a disregard for the risks involved and weak contingency planning
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Bite-size case study extracted from the talk: Group decision making