Person
Arthur Schlesinger
Historian; JFK administration aide
Historian and aide to President Kennedy who privately opposed the Bay of Pigs invasion plan but was told by Robert Kennedy to stop pushing back once the president had decided — a case study in Groupthink cited by Irving Janis. Given as "Arthur Schulzlinger" in the episode audio; corrected here to the real historical figure.
Discussed in
- Episode 130 — 130-why-working-at-a-large-organisation-will-kill-your-creativity