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Honest broker? : the national security advisor and presidential decision making / John P. Burke.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Presidency and leadership (Unnumbered)Publication details: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2009.Description: 492 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781603440981 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1603440984 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781603441025 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1603441026 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • National security advisor and presidential decision making
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355
LOC classification:
  • UA 23.15 B959h 2009
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-462) and index.

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.

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