U.S. national security
Subtitle: policymakers, processes, and politics
By: Sam C. Sarkesian, John Allen Williams, and Stephen J. Cimbala.
Contributors: Williams, John Allen, 1945-; Cimbala, Stephen J.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781588264169
Subjects: National security -- United States -- Decision making; United States -- Military policy -- Decision making
Other titles: US national security
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: National interests and national security; title: The conflict spectrum and the American way of war; title: The U.S. political system; title: The president and the presidency; title: The policy triad and the National Security Council; title: The military establishment; title: Civil-military relations; title: The intelligence establishment; title: The policy process; title: The president and Congress; title: Empowering the people; title: Who's who in the international system; title: Long range issues of national security; title: National security and nuclear weapons; title: Making the system work; title: The study of national security : the presidential mandate.