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03415aam a22004818i 4500 001 E518AE6C72E811E9BE24D7F796128E48 003 SILO 005 20190510010020 008 190104t20192019nyuaf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018054255 020 $a 1631494562 020 $a 9781631494567 035 $a (OCoLC)1081339293 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d ZVR $d TP7 $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a UA23 $b .G356 2019 082 00 $a 355/.033573 $2 23 100 1 $a Gans, John $q (John A.), $e author. 245 10 $a White House warriors : $b how the National Security Council transformed the American way of war / $c John Gans. 246 30 $a How the National Security Council transformed the American way of war 264 1 $a New York : $b Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, $c [2019] 300 $a 301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustratiions ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: The President's "personal band of warriors" -- The "bright young men" on the NSC -- The "center of the foreign policy universe in America" -- "Reckless cowboys off on their own wild ride" -- "What no other part of the government did" -- "Policy person first and foremost" -- A "wartime" staff -- "When you work for the President, you work for the President" -- Epilogue: What the NSC's warriors have won. 520 $a "This revelatory history of the elusive National Security Council shows how staffers operating in the shadows have driven foreign policy clandestinely for decades. When Michael Flynn resigned in disgrace as the Trump administration's national security advisor the New York Times referred to the National Security Council as "the traditional center of management for a president's dealings with an uncertain world." Indeed, no institution or individual in the last seventy years has exerted more influence on the Oval Office or on the nation's wars than the NSC, yet until the explosive Trump presidency, few Americans could even name a member. With key analysis, John Gans traces the NSC's rise from a collection of administrative clerks in 1947 to what one recent commander-in-chief called the president's "personal band of warriors." A former Obama administration speechwriter, Gans weaves extensive archival research with dozens of news-making interviews to reveal the NSC's unmatched power, which has resulted in an escalation of hawkishness and polarization, both in Washington and the nation at large." -- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a National Security Council (U.S.) $x History. 650 0 $a National security $z United States $x Decision making. 651 0 $a United States $x Decision making. $x Decision making. 650 0 $a Strategic culture $z United States. 650 0 $a Civil-military relations $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1945- 941 $a 8 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909054157.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20211102014652.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722061251.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200529014922.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217023916.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20190810010445.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20190625010108.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190510010045.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E518AE6C72E811E9BE24D7F796128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search