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Honest broker? : the national security advisor and presidential decision making
- Title
- Honest broker? : the national security advisor and presidential decision making / John P. Burke.
- Author
- Burke, John P., 1953-
- Publication
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- 492 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership
- Uniform Title
- Presidency and leadership (Unnumbered)
- Alternative Title
- National security advisor and presidential decision making
- Subjects
- United States > Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs > Decision making > History
- Presidents > United States > Decision making > History > 20th century
- National Security Council (U.S.) Decision making > History
- National security > United States > Decision making > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-462) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction-the case for the honest broker role -- The foundation of honest brokerage: Truman's executive secretaries, Eisenhower's special assistants -- The decline of honest brokerage: Bundy as NSC advisor -- The costs of absent brokerage: Kissinger as NSC advisor -- The benefits of balanced brokerage: Scowcroft as NSC advisor -- Weak brokerage, insurgency, and recovery: the Reagan NSC advisors -- The costs of failed brokerage: Rice as NSC advisor -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Assistants to the president for national security affairs (NSC advisors) -- Since 1953 -- Appendix B: The others: Rostow, Brzezinski, Lake, Berger, and Hadley -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 09-4193
- ISBN
- 9781603440981 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1603440984 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9781603441025 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1603441026 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008034985
- OCLC
- 252918415
- Author
- Burke, John P., 1953-
- Title
- Honest broker? : the national security advisor and presidential decision making / John P. Burke.
- Imprint
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2009.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Series
- Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadershipPresidency and leadership (Unnumbered)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-462) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JFE 09-4193