La Prise de décision: de l'acteur rationnel à la politique bureaucratique

This study identifies the basic frame of reference used by most people when thinking about foreign affairs. It also outlines two alternative frameworks. Each frame of reference is, in effect, a ‘conceptual lens’. By comparing and contrasting the three frameworks, we see what each magnifies, highlights, and reveals as well as what each blurs or neglects. Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis. (2^e‐ édition) Par GRAHAM ALLISON et PHILIP ZELIKOW. New York: Longman. 1999. Pp. 416.