POLI 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cuban Missile Crisis, Airstrike, Excomm
24 Jan 2018
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Power: influence and force: power: a political actor has power over another to the extent that the first can get the second to do something that the second would not otherwise have done. 5: naval blockade, naval blockade of cuba (quarantine) Invasion to remove the castro regime: october 22- kennedys tv address. Addresses the quarantine: we want the missiles out, we don"t want them to strike before we can get them out, power=influence and force, simple influence a. b. Tried to convince them of the depths of our concerns: brute force, air strike, forced removal, armed influence 2 types. Strategy: the prudent use of power: three essential elements of influence, influencing other"s choice by influencing other"s expectation of your. Reaction: threats and promises i. ii. iii. Influence is not always as effective as brute force. State influences outcomes by influencing their expectation on how you will react.
