Organizing for foreign policy crises : presidents, advisers, and the management of decision making / Patrick J. Haney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haney, Patrick Jude.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crisis management in government.

History.

Presidents.

Decision making.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989--Case studies.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-1993--Case studies.

Presidents--United States--Decision making--Case studies.

Crisis management in government--United States--History--20th century--Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 183 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1997]

Summary:

Presidents often assemble ad hoc groups of advisers to help them make decisions during foreign policy crises. These advisers may include the holders of the traditional foreign policy positions -- secretaries of state and defense -- as well as others from within and without the executive branch. It has never been clear what role these groups play in the development of policy. In this landmark study, Patrick Haney examines how these crisis decision groups were structured and how they performed the tasks of providing information, advice, and analysis to the president. From this, Haney investigates the links between a president's crisis management structure and the decision-making process that took place during a foreign policy crisis.

Haney employs case studies to examine the different ways presidents from Truman through Bush used crisis decision-making groups to help manage foreign policy crises. He looks at the role of these groups in handling the Berlin blockade in 1948, the Suez Crisis in 1956, the Tet offensive in 1968, the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and the Panama invasion in 1989, among other crises. He extends our understanding of the organization, management and behavior of the decision-making groups presidents assemble during foreign policy crises. This book will appeal to scholars of the American presidency and American foreign policy.

Contents:

Organizing for foreign policy crises

Case-based methods and theory development : designing an empirical inquiry

Presidential management of decision-making groups during foreign policy crises

Decision-making processes during foreign policy crises

Presidents, advisers, and the management of crisis decision making.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-175) and index.

ISBN:

0472107046

OCLC:

36261091