In the shadow of the Oval Office
Subtitle: from JFK to Bush II : the presidents' national security advisers
By: Ivo H. Daalder and I.M. Destler.
Contributors: Destler, I. M.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9781416553199
Subjects: United States. -- Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs -- History; Presidents -- United States -- Staff; National security -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "The president needs help"; title: "You can't beat brains"; title: "You don't tell anybody"; title: "I would never be bored"; title: "Serious mistakes were made"; title: "Brent doesn't want anything"; title: "You have to drive the process"; title: "I'm not a textbook player"; title: "Trust is the coin of the realm".