National Security Enterprise Navigating the Labyrinth

Name: National Security Enterprise Navigating the Labyrinth
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ISBN: 9781589016989

ISBN-10: 158901698X

ISBN-13: 9781589016989

Edition: 2011

Authors: Roger Z. George, Harvey Rishikof, Center for Peace and Security Studies Staff Georgetown University, Brent Scowcroft

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Recent breakdowns in American national security have exposed the weaknesses of the nation's vast overlapping security and foreign policy bureaucracy and the often dysfunctional interagency process. In the literature of national security studies, however, surprisingly little attention is given to the specific dynamics or underlying organizational cultures that often drive the bureaucratic politics of U.S. security policy.The National Security Enterprise offers a broad overview and analysis of the many government agencies involved in national security issues, the interagency process, Congressional checks and balances, and the influence of private sector organizations. The chapters cover the…

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List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Publication date: 1/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

George Bush was President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. He lives in Houston, Texas, and Kennebunkport, Maine. Brent Scowcroft was National Security Advisor under Presidents Ford and Bush. He is president of The Scowcroft Group, Inc., an international consulting firm, and president of the Forum for International Policy, a nonprofit foreign policy foundation, both based in Washington, D.C. He lives in Maryland. From the Hardcover edition.



List of Illustrations


Foreword



Preface


List of Abbreviations


Introduction: The National Security Enterprise: Institutions, Cultures, and Politics




The Interagency Process



History of the Interagency Process for Foreign Relations in the United States: Murphy's Law?




The Evolution of the NSC Process




The Office of Management and Budget: The President's Policy Tool




The State Department: Culture as Interagency Destiny?




The Office of the Secretary of Defense: Civilian Masters?




The Military: Forging a Joint Warrior Culture




Office of the Director of National Intelligence: Promising Start Despite Ambiguity, Ambivalence, and Animosity




Central Intelligence Agency: The President's Own




The Evolving FBI: Becoming a New National Security Enterprise Asset




The Department of Homeland Security: Chief of Coordination




The President's Partners and Rivals



Congress: Checking Presidential Power




The United States Supreme Court: The Cult of the Robe in the National Security Enterprise




The Outside Players



Lobbyists: U.S. National Security and Special Interests




Think Tanks: Supporting Cast Players in the National Security Enterprise




The Media: Witness to the National Security Enterprise




Conclusion: Navigating the Labyrinth of the National Security Enterprise



Contributors


Index