U.S. National Security : : Policymakers, Processes, and Politics / / Sam C. Sarkesian.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Sarkesian, Sam C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (274 p.)

Thoroughly revised to reflect changes in the U.S. and global political arenas, the concept of national security, and the national security establishment, U.S. National Security demonstrates how these changes affect long-term national security processes and considers the problems associated with the uncertainties of a new era.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Preface to the First Edition -- Part I Introduction -- 1 National Interests and National Security -- 2 The Conflict Spectrum and the American Way of War -- 3 The U.S. Political System -- Part II The National Security Establishment -- 4 The President and the Presidency -- 5 The Policy Triad and the National Security Council -- 6 The Military Establishment -- 7 The Intelligence Establishment -- Part III The National Security System and the Policy Process -- 8 The Policy Process -- 9 The President and Congress -- 10 The Public, the Media, Political Parties, and Interest Groups -- 11 Allies, Adversaries, Potential Adversaries, and Others -- Part IV Conclusions -- 12 Long-Range Issues of National Security -- 13 Making the System Work -- 14 The Study of National Security: The Presidential Mandate -- Reading List -- Index -- About the Book and the Author