Fateful Decisions - Inside the National Security Council

List of contents

EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; 1. The Development of Political-Military Consultation in the United States; 2. Postwar Organization for National Security; 3. Legislative Debate on the National Security Act of 1947; 4. The National Security Act of 1947; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; 5. The NSC Under Truman and Eisenhower; 6. Effective National Security Advising: Recovering the Eisenhower Legacy; 7. Forging a Strategy For Survival; 8. Organizing for National Security; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; 9. Letter to Jackson Subcommittee; 10. Kissinger's Apparat; 11. Presidential Directive/NSC-2; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; 12. The National Security Council System After the Cold War; 13. National Security Presidential Directive 1; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; 14. Forum on the Role of the National Security Adviser; 15. The NSC Adviser: Process Manger and More; 16. The National Security Advisory System; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; 17. McGeorge Bundy; 18. Henry Kissinger; 19. Zbigniew Brzezinski; 20. Brent Scowcroft; 21. Samuel Berger; 22. Condoleezza Rice; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; 23. The Cuban Missile Crisis; 24. The Transition from the Cold War; 25. Conflict in the Balkans; 26. The War Against Terrorism; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; 27. America's Departments of State; 28. The NSC Staff as Rogue Elephant; 29. Congress and the NSC; EDITORS' INTRODUCTION; 30. Recommendations on Organizing for National Security; 31. The President and the Secretary of State; 32. A New NSC for a New Administration; 33. Imperative for Change; Further Reading

Summary

Drawing from a variety of resources, this book presents a collection of seminal articles, essays, and documents on the NSC. It also covers such key topics as the rise of the National Security Advisor to a position of prominence, specific challenges to the NSC, and the role of the NSC in a post-Cold War environment.

Product details

• Authors: Karl F. (EDT)/ Johnson Inderfurth
• Assisted by: Karl Inderfurth (Editor), Karl F. Inderfurth (Editor), Johnson (Editor), Loch K. Johnson (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2004
• EAN: 9780195159660
• ISBN: 978-0-19-515966-0
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 191 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; USA, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Military / United States, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, International Relations, Warfare & defence, United States of America, USA, Warfare and defence, Central / national / federal government, Central government