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The Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis
Graham Allison
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Graham Allison
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This book by Graham Allison came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Saagar Enjeti. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“and I encourage people out there this is this is a brutal text we were forced to read it in Graduate School uh the essence of decision by Graham Alison I'm so thankful we did”— Saagar Enjeti
The guest here is Saagar Enjeti: Political commentator and journalist, co-host of Breaking Points with Krystal Ball and of The Realignment podcast. A voracious reader of history whose analysis draws heavily on presidential biographies and political-science classics. Saagar Enjeti traces the history behind Trump's 2024 win, MAGA, DOGE, immigration, and the realignment of American politics through a historian's lens.
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