| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xix, 554 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The committee in charge of running the world -- Washington's choice -- Greatness thrust upon them -- Gulliver embarks: leaders, leadership, and the difference between the two -- Bound in Lilliput -- America in decline, the NSC ascendant -- A superpower in search of itself -- Morning in America, twilight at the NSC -- Across a bright line in history -- The new, improved, post-Cold War, information-age, indispensable nation -- The beginning of the end of the end of history -- A thumb on the scales: tipping the balance in the battle between the traditionalists and the transformationalists -- U.S. foreign policy in the age of ambiguity. |
| Summary |
Presents a history of the National Security Council, analyzing how each administration has used the NSC to define and shape foreign and military policy in line with their own political agenda. |
| Subject |
National Security Council (U.S.)
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National Security Council (U.S.)
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88.11 central government bodies. (NL-LeOCL)077608615
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National Security Council (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00533428
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USA National Security Council (DE-588)4210875-5
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Großmachtpolitik (DE-588)4158292-5
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National Security Council.
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Politiek.
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USA / National Security Council.
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| ISBN |
1586482483 |
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9781586482480 |
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