Affairs of state
Subtitle: the interagency and national security
By: Gabriel Marcella, Editor.
Contributors: Marcella, Gabriel.; Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
Publisher: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Carlisle, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
ISBN-13: 9781584873693
Subjects: United States. -- Dept. of State; National Security Council (U.S.); Interagency coordination -- United States; National security -- United States; United States -- Military policy
Other titles: Interagency and national security
Notes: "December 2008."

"The United States has a large and complex interagency process to deal with national security on a global basis. It is imperative that civilian and military professionals understand that process. The chapters in this volume deal with various dimensions and institutions, from the National Security Council, the Department of State, and other agencies. It also contains case studies of interagency coordination and integration."--SSI Website

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available via the Internet.
Table of contents: title: Understanding the interagency process: the challenge of adaptation / Gabriel Marcella; title: Constructing the iron cage: the 1947 National Security Act / Douglas Stuart; title: The national security policy process: the National Security Council and interagency system / Alan G. Whittaker, Frederick C. Smith, Elizabeth McKune; title: Learning to play the game: the national security policymaking process / Clayton K.S. Chun and Frank L. Jones; title: Interagency coordination: the national accident or the essence of indecision / William J. Olson; title: The Department of Stat [sic] and strategic integration: how reinforcing state as an institution will improve America's engagement with the world in the 21st century / Louis J. Nigro. Jr.; title: Integrating national security strategy at the operational level: the role of State Department political advisors / John D. Finney and Alphonse F. La [sic] Laporta; title: Seduced and abandoned: strategic information and the National Security Council process / William P. Kiehl; title: A front-line view of "the" interagency: the practice of policy coordination inside the government / Dennis E. Skocz; title: The interagency arena at the operational level: the cases now known as stability operations / John T. Fishel; title: Educating national security leaders for working in the interagency process / Michael Welken; title: About the contributors; title: Appendix.