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ONLINE

1st ed.

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2009

1 online resource (x, 492 p.) : ill

ISBN 9781603443463 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 1603440984 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 1603441026 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN 9781603440981 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 9781603441025 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes series on the presidency and leadership

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(OCoLC)715188323