U.S. national security : policymakers, processes, and politics /

U.S. national security : policymakers, processes, and politics /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sarkesian, Sam C. (Sam Charles), 1927-
Edition:	3rd ed.
Imprint:	Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002.
Description:	x, 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	National security -- United States -- Decision making. Military policy -- Decision making. National security -- Decision making. United States -- Military policy -- Decision making. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4745367

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Other authors / contributors:	Williams, John Allen, 1945- Cimbala, Stephen J.
ISBN:	155587911X (alk. paper) 1555879365 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-317) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Part 1. Introduction
1. National Interests and National Security
2. The International Landscape
3. The Conflict Spectrum and the American Way of War
4. The U.S. Political System
Part 2. The National Security Establishment
5. The President and the Presidency
6. The Policy Triad and the National Security Council
7. The Military Establishment
8. Civil-Military Relations
9. The Intelligence Establishment
Part 3. The National Security System and the Policy Process
10. The Policy Process
11. The President and Congress
12. Empowering the People
13. Who's Who in the International System
Part 4. Conclusions
14. Long-Range Issues of National Security
15. National Security and Nuclear Weapons
16. Making the System Work
17. The Study of National Security: The Presidential Mandate
Reading List
Index
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