Presidential command
Subtitle: politics, power, and the making of national security policy
By: by Peter Rodman.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9780307269799
Subjects: Presidents -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations; Political leadership
Notes: "This is a Borzoi Book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bureaucracy, democracy, and legitimacy; title: The modern setting; title: Richard Nixon; title: Gerald Ford; title: Jimmy Carter; title: Ronald Reagan; title: George H.W. Bush; title: Bill Clinton; title: George W. Bush; title: Lessons learned.