TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burke,John P.
TI  - Honest broker?: the national security advisor and presidential decision making 
T2  - Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership
SN  - 9781603440981 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - UA 23.15 B959h  2009
U1  - 355 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - College Station
PB  - Texas A&M University Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
KW  - Decision making
KW  - History
KW  - National Security Council (U.S.)
KW  - Presidents
KW  - 20th century
KW  - National security
KW  - Presidentes
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - La toma de decisiones
KW  - Historia
KW  - Vigésimo siglo
KW  - La seguridad nacional
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008034985.html
ER  -