The National Security Council

Author : John Gans
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781631494574

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White House Warriors: How the National Security Council Transformed the American Way of War by John Gans Pdf

This revelatory history of the elusive National Security Council shows how staffers operating in the shadows have driven foreign policy clandestinely for decades. When Michael Flynn resigned in disgrace as the Trump administration’s national security advisor the New York Times referred to the National Security Council as “the traditional center of management for a president’s dealings with an uncertain world.” Indeed, no institution or individual in the last seventy years has exerted more influence on the Oval Office or on the nation’s wars than the NSC, yet until the explosive Trump presidency, few Americans could even name a member. With key analysis, John Gans traces the NSC’s rise from a collection of administrative clerks in 1947 to what one recent commander-in-chief called the president’s “personal band of warriors.” A former Obama administration speechwriter, Gans weaves extensive archival research with dozens of news-making interviews to reveal the NSC’s unmatched power, which has resulted in an escalation of hawkishness and polarization, both in Washington and the nation at large.

Author : David Rothkopf
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786736003

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Running the World by David Rothkopf Pdf

Never before in the history of mankind have so few people had so much power over so many. The people at the top of the American national security establishment, the President and his principal advisors, the core team at the helm of the National Security Council, are without question the most powerful committee in the history of the world. Yet, in many respects, they are among the least understood. A former senior official in the Clinton Administration himself, David Rothkopf served with and knows personally many of the NSC's key players of the past twenty-five years. In Running the World he pulls back the curtain on this shadowy world to explore its inner workings, its people, their relationships, their contributions and the occasions when they have gone wrong. He traces the group's evolution from the final days of the Second World War to the post-Cold War realities of global terror -- exploring its triumphs, its human dramas and most recently, what many consider to be its breakdown at a time when we needed it most. Drawing on an extraordinary series of insider interviews with policy makers including Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Henry Kissinger, senior officials of the Bush Administration, and over 130 others, the book offers unprecedented insights into what must change if America is to maintain its unprecedented worldwide leadership in the decades ahead.

Author : Adam Chapnick
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774861649

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Canada on the United Nations Security Council by Adam Chapnick Pdf

As the twentieth century ended, Canada was completing its sixth term on the UN Security Council. A decade later, Ottawa’s attempt to return to the council was dramatically rejected by its global peers, leaving Canadians – and international observers – shocked and disappointed. Canada on the United Nations Security Council tells the story of that defeat and what it means for future campaigns, describing and analyzing Canada’s attempts since 1946, both successful and unsuccessful, to gain a seat as a non-permanent member. Impeccably researched and clearly written, this is the definitive history of the Canadian experience on the world’s most powerful stage.

Author : Karl Inderfurth,Loch K. Johnson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0195159659

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Fateful Decisions by Karl Inderfurth,Loch K. Johnson Pdf

The National Security Council is the most important formal institution inthe government of the United States for the creation and implementation offoreign and defense policy. The Council's four principal members - thePresident, Vice President, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense - areresponsible for incredibly vast decisions of war and peace, diplomacy,international trade, and covert operations. Yet, despite its obvious importance,the NSC has been subject to relatively little scholarly scrutiny, and remainsmisunderstood by most IR students. This edited collection, built upon the firstedition originally published under the title Decisions of the Highest Order atBrooks-Cole, presents a collection of seminal articles, essays, and documentsdrawn from a variety of sources, that will offer revealing coverage of keytopics such as the rise of the National Security Adviser to a position ofprominence, key challenges to the NSC, and the role of the NSC in a post-ColdWar environment.

Author : National Security Council (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : National security
ISBN : UOM:39015053415488

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Documents of the National Security Council by National Security Council (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Constantine Christopher Menges
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015012434539

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Inside the National Security Council by Constantine Christopher Menges Pdf

Author : Richard A. Best
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781437920598

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National Security Council by Richard A. Best Pdf

The Nat. Security Council (NSC) was established in 1947 to create an inter-departmental body to advise the President with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies relating to the national security. This report traces the evolution of the NSC from its creation to the present. The organization and influence of the NSC have varied significantly from one Administration to another, from a highly structured and formal system to loose-knit teams of experts. The NSC staff should be organized to meet the particular goals and work habits of an incumbent President. The history of the NSC provides ample evidence of the advantages and disadvantages of different types of policymaking structures.

Author : David Malone
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1588262405

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The UN Security Council by David Malone Pdf

The nature and scope of UN Security Council decisions - significantly changed in the post-Cold War era - have enormous implications for the conduct of foreign policy. The UN Security Council offers a comprehensive view of the council both internally and as a key player in world politics. Focusing on the evolution of the council's treatment of key issues, the authors discuss new concerns that must be accommodated in the decisionmaking process, the challenges of enforcement, and shifting personal and institutional factors. Case studies complement the rich thematic chapters. The book sheds much-needed light on the central events and trends of the past decade and their critical importance for the future role of the council and the UN in the sphere of international security.

Author : Loraine Sievers,Sam Daws
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199685295

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The Procedure of the UN Security Council by Loraine Sievers,Sam Daws Pdf

This text is a revised edition and contains new material documenting the extensive and rapid innovations in the UN Security Council's procedures of the past two decades. It provides insight into the inside workings of the world's pre-eminent body for the maintenance of international peace and security. Grounded in the history and politics of the Council, it describes the ways the Council has responded through its working methods to a changing world. It explains the Council's role in its wider UN Charter context and examines its relations with other UN organs and its own subsidiary bodies.

Author : National Security Council (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951D03524937D

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Organizational History of the National Security Council by National Security Council (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Vincent Boucher,Charles-Philippe David,Karine Prémont
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780228004288

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National Security Entrepreneurs and the Making of American Foreign Policy by Vincent Boucher,Charles-Philippe David,Karine Prémont Pdf

Since the advent of the contemporary US national security apparatus in 1947, entrepreneurial public officials have tried to reorient the course of the nation's foreign policy. Acting inside the National Security Council system, some principals and high-ranking officials have worked tirelessly to generate policy change and innovation on the issues they care about. These entrepreneurs attempt to set the foreign policy agenda, frame policy problems and solutions, and orient the decision-making process to convince the president and other decision makers to choose the course they advocate. In National Security Entrepreneurs and the Making of American Foreign Policy Vincent Boucher, Charles-Philippe David, and Karine Prémont develop a new concept to study entrepreneurial behaviour among foreign policy advisers and offer the first comprehensive framework of analysis to answer this crucial question: why do some entrepreneurs succeed in guaranteeing the adoption of novel policies while others fail? They explore case studies of attempts to reorient US foreign policy waged by National Security Council entrepreneurs, examining the key factors enabling success and the main forces preventing the adoption of a preferred option: the entrepreneur's profile, presidential leadership, major players involved in the policy formulation and decision-making processes, the national political context, and the presence or absence of significant opportunities. By carefully analyzing significant diplomatic and military decisions of the Johnson, Nixon, Reagan, and Clinton administrations, and offering a preliminary account of contemporary national security entrepreneurship under presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, this book makes the case for an agent-based explanation of foreign policy change and continuity.

Author : David L. Bosco
Publisher : American Chemical Society
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195328769

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Five to Rule Them All by David L. Bosco Pdf

In this lively, fast-moving, and often humorous narrative, David Bosco illuminates the role of the Security Council in the postwar world, telling the inside story of this remarkable diplomatic creation. Drawing on extensive research, including dozens of interviews with serving and former ambassadors on the Council, the book chronicles political battles and personality clashes as it opens the closed doors of its meeting room. What emerges here is a revealing portrait of the most powerful diplomatic body in the world.

Author : Henry Kissinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112001698304

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The National Security Council by Henry Kissinger Pdf

Author : Bromley K. Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UOM:39015028440934

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Organizational History of the National Security Council During the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations by Bromley K. Smith Pdf

Author : Richard K. Betts
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231521888

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American Force by Richard K. Betts Pdf

While American national security policy has grown more interventionist since the Cold War, Washington has also hoped to shape the world on the cheap. Misled by the stunning success against Iraq in 1991, administrations of both parties have pursued ambitious aims with limited force, committing the country's military frequently yet often hesitantly, with inconsistent justification. These ventures have produced strategic confusion, unplanned entanglements, and indecisive results. This collection of essays by Richard K. Betts, a leading international politics scholar, investigates the use of American force since the end of the Cold War, suggesting guidelines for making it more selective and successful. Betts brings his extensive knowledge of twentieth century American diplomatic and military history to bear on the full range of theory and practice in national security, surveying the Cold War roots of recent initiatives and arguing that U.S. policy has always been more unilateral than liberal theorists claim. He exposes mistakes made by humanitarian interventions and peace operations; reviews the issues raised by terrorism and the use of modern nuclear, biological, and cyber weapons; evaluates the case for preventive war, which almost always proves wrong; weighs the lessons learned from campaigns in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam; assesses the rise of China and the resurgence of Russia; quells concerns about civil-military relations; exposes anomalies within recent defense budgets; and confronts the practical barriers to effective strategy. Betts ultimately argues for greater caution and restraint, while encouraging more decisive action when force is required, and he recommends a more dispassionate assessment of national security interests, even in the face of global instability and unfamiliar threats.