Question

In 1961, President John Kennedy and his advisers tried to overthrow Fidel Castro by invading Cuba with 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles. Nearly all the invaders were soon killed or captured, the United States was humiliated, and Cuba allied itself more closely with the former USSR. This failure is attributed to

a) minority leadership
b) compliance
c) groupthink
d) task leadership

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter C) groupthink

Step-by-step explanation:

The attack on Bay of Pigs was part of the so-called "Operation Mongoose", which aimed to overthrow the newly formed communist government and assassinate the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro. However, the Cuban security and intelligence apparatus knew that an invasion was underway through its spy network, and members of the brigade had also let information slip. Still, days before the invasion, various acts of sabotage and terrorism took place in some Cuban cities. The Cuban government had also been warned by the KGB. The Cuban population knew little of what was to happen. By May 1960, virtually all of the country's media were already under government control. In spite of vigorous rebuttals by CIA management of the findings, CIA Director Allen Dulles, CIA Deputy Director Charles Cabell, and Deputy Director for Plans Richard Bissell were all forced to resign by early 1962. In later years, the CIA's behavior in the event became the prime example cited for the psychology paradigm known as groupthink syndrome.