In the Shadow of the Oval Office: Profiles of the National Security Advisers and the Presidents They Served--From JFK to George W. Bush

Ivo H. Daalder; I.M. Destler

ISBN 10: 1416553193 / ISBN 13: 9781416553199

Editore: Simon & Schuster, 2009

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Riassunto:

Traces the inside stories of how national security advisors throughout history have enabled the presidents who appointed them to exert greater control over American foreign policy, in a cautionary report that explores what the authors believe to be their roles in promoting White House secrecy and reducing its accountability. 40,000 first printing.

Informazioni sugli autori: Ivo Daalder served on the national security council staff in the Clinton administration and is now a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His most recent book, America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy (with James M. Lindsay), won the 2003 Lionel Gelber Prize.

I. M. Destler is a professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. His previous books include the awardwinning American Trade Politics and (with Leslie Gelb and Anthony Lake) Our Own Worst Enemy: The Unmaking of American Foreign Policy.

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Titolo: In the Shadow of the Oval Office: Profiles ...
Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster
Data di pubblicazione: 2009
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Very Good
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