Puzzle Palaces and Foggy Bottom: U.S. Foreign Defense and Policy-Making in the 1990s
by Donald M. Snow, Eugene Brown
Category: International organization

The authors include case studies that show decision-making in a real world context. Discussion of such topics as the Iran-Contra affair and Operation Desert Storm shows the successes, failures, and weaknesses in the formulation and execution of policy initiatives. Economic policy, as well as defense policy, is extensively covered.