The politics of national security : Congress and U.S. defense policy / Barry M. Blechman, with the assistance of W. Philip Ellis.

By:

Blechman, Barry M

Contributor(s):

Ellis, W. Philip

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Twentieth Century Fund BookPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 249 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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1423764811
9781423764816
9780195077056
0195077059
9780195360271
0195360273

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Politics of national security.DDC classification:

355/.033073 20

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UA23 .B543 1990

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Summary: Based on interviews with US Congress members and their staff, this study explains why Congress has taken an expanded role in the formulation of US national defence policies. The author describes how these changes came about and their consequences for American interests.Summary: Over the past twenty years, controversy has raged over the greatly expanded role of Congress in the formulation of US national defence policy. Barry Blechman, who served as Assistant Director to the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and as a consultant to the Pentagon and numerous congressional committees, here analyses this fundamental shift in US policy-making. Based in part on interviews with Congress members and their staff, the book explains how and why these changes came about and what their consequences have been for the defence of American interests.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index.

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Based on interviews with US Congress members and their staff, this study explains why Congress has taken an expanded role in the formulation of US national defence policies. The author describes how these changes came about and their consequences for American interests.

Over the past twenty years, controversy has raged over the greatly expanded role of Congress in the formulation of US national defence policy. Barry Blechman, who served as Assistant Director to the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and as a consultant to the Pentagon and numerous congressional committees, here analyses this fundamental shift in US policy-making. Based in part on interviews with Congress members and their staff, the book explains how and why these changes came about and what their consequences have been for the defence of American interests.

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