Honest broker? the National Security Advisor and presidential decision making /
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| Language: | English |
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College Station :
Texas A&M University Press,
c2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Presidency and leadership (Unnumbered)
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Table of 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.