Research Catalog

Title

US national security : policymakers, processes, and politics / Sam C. Sarkesian, John Allen Williams, Stephen J. Cimbala.

Author

Sarkesian, Sam Charles.

Publication

Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2008.

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Additional Authors

• Williams, John Allen, 1945-
• Cimbala, Stephen J.

Description

x, 334 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

The fifth edition of US National Security retains the structure and approach that have made this text so successful, but it has been revised and updated throughout to reflect the challenges faced by the Obama administration. The choices necessary in an increasingly budget-constrained environment, the broader range of national security issues, and the evolving nature of counterinsurgency doctrine and practice are among the currents that inform the authors' clear presentation and appraisal of US security interests, politics, and processes.--Publisher's description.

Alternative Title

U.S. national security

Subject

• National security > United States > Decision making
• United States > Decision making

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-315) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

National interests and national security -- The conflict spectrum and the American way of war -- The US political system -- The president and the presidency -- The policy triad and the National Security Council -- The military establishment -- Civil-military relations -- The intelligence establishment -- The policy process -- The president and Congress -- Empowering the people -- Who's who in the international system -- Long-range issues of national security -- National security and nuclear weapons -- Making the system work -- The study of national security : the presidential mandate.

ISBN

• 9781588264169 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1588264165 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2007022727

OCLC

138341767

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library