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02737aam a2200433 i 4500 001 330F2BCE19C611E7BD0085CCDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170405010226 008 170217s2017 mdua bv 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016047482 020 $a 9781442248380 020 $a 1442248386 020 $a 1442248378 020 $a 9781442248373 035 $a (OCoLC)961007772 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a UA23 $b .F519 2017 082 00 $a 355/.033573 $2 23 100 1 $a Fishel, John T., $e author. 245 10 $a American national security policy : $b authorities, institutions, and cases / $c John T. Fishel. 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2017] 300 $a xvi, 267 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a A touch of theory -- A practitioners guide to realism -- The practitioners' textbook -- Legal authorities -- National security organizations -- The National Security Council process -- Defense planning systems -- The cases -- Panama: national security policy from below -- "I love it when a plan comes together" -- Adventures in peace enforcement: the Somalia tragedy -- The "intervasion" of haiti -- "Some damned foolish thing in the Balkans" -- 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan -- Iraq: snatching defeat from the jaws of victory and victory from the jaws of defeat -- The Afghanistan surge: Obama's finest hour? -- Some conclusions -- How national security policy is really made: lessons from the cases. 520 $a "Security policy is a key factor not only of domestic politics in the U.S., but also of foreign relations and global security. This text sets to explain the process of security policy making in the United States by looking at all the elements that shape it, from institutions and legislation to policymakers themselves and historical precedents."--Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a National Security Council (U.S.) 650 0 $a National security $z United States. 650 0 $a Interagency coordination $z United States. 650 0 $a National security $z United States $x Decision making $v Case studies. 651 0 $a United States $x Decision making $x Decision making $v Case studies. 651 0 $a United States $x Decision making $x Decision making $v Case studies. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Fishel, John T., author. $t American national security policy $d Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] $z 9781442248380 $w (DLC) 2017008266 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211025406.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170503024140.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=330F2BCE19C611E7BD0085CCDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search