Title: The making of United States foreign policy /
Authors: Sapin, Burton M.; Brookings Institution.
Date: 1966
Publisher: Brookings Institution,
Physical description: xi, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: J
Contents: I. Introduction : Focus of the study -- The role of organization -- Evaluating organizational performance -- II. Some fundamental characteristics of the system : The organizational revolution -- The interdepartmental nature of important problems -- The role of top leadership -- Preoccupation with the current and immediate -- Decision processes and patterns -- Intellectual creativity in a bureaucracy -- III. The congressional setting : Bases for evaluation -- Basic characteristics -- Major problems -- IV. The President and the national security organization : What model of Presidential performance? Eisenhower and Kennedy: new perspectives on the Presidency -- The executive office of the President -- Major problems -- V. The department of state : A brief historical sketch -- What organization for foreign policy leadership? -- Organizational structure and processes -- Major problems -- VI. The role of the military establishment : Bases for evaluation --^ Major organizational characteristics -- International security affairs -- Major problems -- VII. Economic, information, and cultural agencies : Bases for evaluation -- Organization for economic aid -- Organization for information and cultural exchange -- Major problems -- IX. Field missions -- Bases for evaluation -- Organization in the field -- Supporting organizational arrangements in Washington -- Major problems -- X. Intelligence, planning, and policy analysis : Bases for evaluation -- Organizational machinery for intelligence and planning -- Major problems -- XI. Personnel : Present personnel patterns -- Bases for evaluation -- Major problems -- XII. Conclusion : Fundamental limitations -- Possible directions for improvement -- Some notable accomplishments -- XIII. Appendixes : The flow of policy making in the department of state -- Memorandum on the department of state’s politico-military organization and staffing --^ Paid civilian employment of the federal government by agency and citizenship in foreign countries, June 30, 1964.
Subject headings (LCSH): United States--Foreign relations administration.