Presidential Commissions and National Security : : The Politics of Damage Control / / Kenneth Kitts.
Kenneth Kitts offers entry into the highly political, behind-closed-doors world of blue-ribbon investigative commissions convened in the aftermath of national security crises. Ranging from Pearl Harbor to the September 11 terrorist attacks, Kitts takes the reader into the "backroom" to wat...
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Kitts, Kenneth , author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Presidential Commissions and National Security : The Politics of Damage Control / Kenneth Kitts. Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022] ©2005 1 online resource (194 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Presidents and the Blue-Ribbon Option -- 2 The Politics of Infamy: The Roberts Commission and Pearl Harbor -- 3 The Politics of Spying: The Rockefeller Commission and the CIA -- 4 The Politics of Armageddon: The Scowcroft Commission and the MX Missile -- 5 The Politics of Scandal: The Tower Commission and Iran-Contra -- 6 The Politics of Terror: Tom Kean and the 9/11 Commission -- 7 Conclusion: The Politics of Damage Control -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Kenneth Kitts offers entry into the highly political, behind-closed-doors world of blue-ribbon investigative commissions convened in the aftermath of national security crises. Ranging from Pearl Harbor to the September 11 terrorist attacks, Kitts takes the reader into the "backroom" to watch as presidents, their advisers, and commission members confront an armory of pressures. With rich detail and accounts of political intrigue, he reveals just how and when presidents reach for the blue-ribbon option to try to defuse crises, deflect criticism, and maintain control of national security policy and how presidential expectations are sometimes unmet, as commissions issue damning reports with unforeseen and explosive consequences. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Executive advisory bodies United States Case studies. National security United States Decision making Case studies. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000 9783110784251 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781626374768 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781626374768 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781626374768/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Presidents and the Blue-Ribbon Option -- 2 The Politics of Infamy: The Roberts Commission and Pearl Harbor -- 3 The Politics of Spying: The Rockefeller Commission and the CIA -- 4 The Politics of Armageddon: The Scowcroft Commission and the MX Missile -- 5 The Politics of Scandal: The Tower Commission and Iran-Contra -- 6 The Politics of Terror: Tom Kean and the 9/11 Commission -- 7 Conclusion: The Politics of Damage Control -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Presidents and the Blue-Ribbon Option -- 2 The Politics of Infamy: The Roberts Commission and Pearl Harbor -- 3 The Politics of Spying: The Rockefeller Commission and the CIA -- 4 The Politics of Armageddon: The Scowcroft Commission and the MX Missile -- 5 The Politics of Scandal: The Tower Commission and Iran-Contra -- 6 The Politics of Terror: Tom Kean and the 9/11 Commission -- 7 Conclusion: The Politics of Damage Control -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book |
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