The National Security Enterprise
 440 pp., 7 x 10 Hardcover ISBN: 9781626164390 (1626164398) 440 pp., 7 x 10 Paperback ISBN: 9781626164406 (1626164401) eBook ISBN: 9781626164413 E-Inspection Request E-Inspection July 2017 EXPLORE THIS TITLE DescriptionTable of Contents Reviews |
The National Security Enterprise
Navigating the Labyrinth
Second Edition This second edition of The National Security Enterprise provides practitioners' insights into the operation, missions, and organizational cultures of the principal national security agencies and other institutions that shape the US national security decision-making process. Unlike some textbooks on American foreign policy, it offers analysis from insiders who have worked at the National Security Council, the State and Defense Departments, the intelligence community, and the other critical government entities. The book explains how organizational missions and cultures create the labyrinth in which a coherent national security policy must be fashioned. Understanding and appreciating these organizations and their cultures is essential for formulating and implementing it. Taking into account the changes introduced by the Obama administration, the second edition includes four new or entirely revised chapters (Congress, Department of Homeland Security, Treasury, and USAID) and updates to the text throughout. It covers changes instituted since the first edition was published in 2011, implications of the government campaign to prosecute leaks, and lessons learned from more than a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. This up-to-date book will appeal to students of US national security and foreign policy as well as career policymakers. Roger Z. George is Professor of National Security Practice at Occidental College. During his thirty-year career as a CIA analyst, he also served at the State and Defense Departments and was the national intelligence officer for Europe.
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"A first-rate addition to the literature and an equally important classroom tool. The National Security Enterprise provides the best one-volume compilation I've seen for understanding intelligence, its internal processes, and the environment in which it operates."—International Journal of Intelligence & Counter Intelligence, reviewing a previous edition or volume "Edited by two of Washington's most experienced academic observers and policy practitioners, The National Security Enterprise is the 'go-to' source to understand how U.S. national security policy is made and implemented. It is insightful, comprehensive, and up to date."—Robert Art, Christian A. Herter Professor of International Relations, Brandeis University "This impressive volume provides a comprehensive and insightful overview of the vast and complicated machinery of national security policymaking. It is unique in focusing on factors that are so often left out of policy analysis: the institutional players, their interests, and their interactions. It will be indispensable for those seeking to understand how national security decisions are made and implemented."—Steven Miller, Harvard University, Editor-in-Chief of International Security "This updated edition couldn't be more timely or valuable. As renewed Great Power rivalry, economic nationalism, regional insecurity and technological advances transform the international landscape, the need for thoughtful renovation of U.S. national security decision-making is greater than ever. Drawing on the deep experience of many of the best American national security practitioners, with a thorough grasp of different bureaucratic cultures, this book is a terrific guide."—William Burns, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and former Deputy Secretary of State Table of Contents Foreword to the First Edition by Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.) Preface Introduction: The National Security Enterprise: Institutions, Cultures, and Politics Roger Z. George and Harvey Rishikof Part I. The Interagency Process 1. History of the Interagency Process for Foreign Relations in the United States: Murphy's Law? Jon J. Rosenwasser and Michael Warner 2. The Evolution of the NSC Process David P. Auerswald 3. The Office of Management and Budget: The President's Policy Tool Gordon Adams, Rodney Bent, and Kathleen Peroff Part II. Key Policy Players 4. The State Department: Culture as Interagency Destiny? Marc Grossman 5. The US Agency for International Development: More Operator than Policymaker Desaix Myers 6. The Office of the Secretary of Defense Joseph McMillan and Franklin C. Miller 7 The Military: Forging a Joint Warrior Culture Michael J. Meese and Isaiah Wilson III 8. The Department of the Treasury: Brogues on the Ground Dina Temple-Raston and Harvey Rishikof Part III. Intelligence and Law Enforcement 9. Office of the Director of National Intelligence: From Pariah and Piñata to Managing Partner Thomas Fingar 10 Central Intelligence Agency: The President's Own Roger Z. George 11. The Evolving FBI: Becoming a New National Security Enterprise Asset Harvey Rishikof and Brittany Albaugh 12. The Department of Homeland Security: Civil Protection and Resilience Susan Ginsburg Part IV. The President's Partners and Rivals 13. Congress: The Other Branch David P. Auerswald and Colton C. Campbell 14. The US Supreme Court: The Cult of the Robe in the National Security Enterprise Harvey Rishikof Part V. The Outside Players 15. Lobbyists: When US National Security and Special Interests Compete Gerald Felix Warburg 16. Think Tanks: Supporting Cast Players in the National Security Enterprise Ellen Laipson 17. The Media: Witness to the National Security Enterprise John M. Diamond Conclusion: Navigating the Labyrinth of the National Security Enterprise Harvey Rishikof and Roger Z. George List of Contributors Index |
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