Affairs of state : the interagency and national security /

The United States has a large and complex interagency process to deal with national security on a global basis. It is imperative that civilian and military professionals understand that process. The chapters in this volume deal with various dimensions and institutions, from the National Security Cou...

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Corporate Author: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Other Authors: Marcella, Gabriel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2008]
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Table of Contents:
  • Understanding the interagency process: the challenge of adaptation / Gabriel Marcella
  • Constructing the iron cage: the 1947 National Security Act / Douglas Stuart
  • The national security policy process: the National Security Council and interagency system / Alan G. Whittaker, Frederick C. Smith, Elizabeth McKune
  • Learning to play the game: the national security policymaking process / Clayton K.S. Chun and Frank L. Jones
  • Interagency coordination: the national accident or the essence of indecision / William J. Olson
  • The Department of Stat [sic] and strategic integration: how reinforcing state as an institution will improve America's engagement with the world in the 21st century / Louis J. Nigro. Jr.
  • Integrating national security strategy at the operational level: the role of State Department political advisors / John D. Finney and Alphonse F. La [sic] Laporta
  • Seduced and abandoned: strategic information and the National Security Council process / William P. Kiehl
  • A front-line view of "the" interagency: the practice of policy coordination inside the government / Dennis E. Skocz
  • The interagency arena at the operational level: the cases now known as stability operations / John T. Fishel
  • Educating national security leaders for working in the interagency process / Michael Welken
  • About the contributors
  • Appendix.