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the inside story of the National Security Council and the architects of American power
Presents a history of the National Security Council, analyzing how each administration has used the NSC to define and shape foreign and military policy in line with their own political agenda.
The committee in charge of running the world -- Washington's choice -- Greatness thrust upon them -- Gulliver embarks: leaders, leadership, and the difference between the two -- Bound in Lilliput -- America in decline, the NSC ascendant -- A superpower in search of itself -- Morning in America, twilight at the NSC -- Across a bright line in history -- The new, improved, post-Cold War, Information-Age, indispensable nation -- The beginning of the end of the end of history -- A thumb on the scales: tipping the balance in the battle between the traditionalists and the transformationalists -- U.S. foreign policy in the age of ambiguity.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-534) and index.