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"..[an] excellent new history"
-- David Ignatius, Washington Post
"surprisingly lively account"
-- Kirkus Reviews
"An excellent job of examining the different
philosophies and styles of all who have filled the role"
-- Publishers Weekly
The most solemn obligation of any president is to safeguard the nation's security. But the president cannot do this alone. He needs help. In the past half century, presidents have relied on their national security advisers to provide that help.
Ivo Daalder and Mac Destler provide the first inside look at how presidents from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush have used their national security advisers to manage America's engagements with the outside world. They paint vivid portraits of the fourteen men and one woman who have occupied the coveted office in the West Wing, detailing their very different personalities, their relations with their presidents, and their policy successes and failures. |
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