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<p>After planning from September 2001 to May 2003, the George W. Bush administration failed to implement a coherent national  plan at the transition to Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR) operations in Iraq. This thesis applies four  decision-making perspectives-the rational actor, organizational process, bureaucratic politics, and individual level approaches-to the Phase IV planning process to analyze how senior decision makers within the national security system selected foreign  policy options. Despite an experienced national security team, officials were unable to coordinate and integrate various agency  planning efforts, failed to decide on specific policy objectives, and limited the consideration of multiple courses of action.
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<br>Subjects: Political psychology; Decision making; Leadership</div>
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Hafner, Ferdinand.</div>
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