Presidents, Bureaucrats and Foreign Policy : The Politics of Organizational Reform / I. M. Destler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Destler, I. M., author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 1847

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

United States. Department of State.

Außenpolitik.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The author has provided an epilogue which takes into account foreign policy developments since 1971. He considers the implications of the appointment of Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State and deals with some of the larger issues raised by the events of the past two years.Originally published in 1974.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Preface to the 1974 Edition

CHAPTER ONE. Introduction

CHAPTER TWO. How Not to Reorganize the Government

CHAPTER THREE. Organization and Bureaucratic Politics

CHAPTER FOUR. What to Do? The Need for an Organizational Strategy

CHAPTER FIVE. The Strategies of Presidents: Foreign Policy-Making under Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon

CHAPTER SIX. Problems with State: Presidential Dissatisfaction and Efforts at Reform

CHAPTER SEVEN. Formal Approaches to Coherent Foreign Policy

CHAPTER EIGHT. The Uses of Staffs

CHAPTER NINE. Building Lines of Confidence: A State-Centered Organizational Strategy

EPILOGUE. The Nixon System-A Further Look

List of Abbreviations

Bibliographical Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

1-4008-6882-3

OCLC:

902958233