The Politics of National Security
By: Barry M. Blechman
The White House and the Capitol building inWashington, separated by a physical distance of little more than a mile, sit on opposite sides of a gulf in attitudes and prejudices so vast as to defy most efforts to bridge them. The president and the Congress, the respective inhabitants of these two buildings, represent widely divergent perspectives on the sources, the means, and the impact of American policy options. These differences of outlook color all policy debates, but perhaps none so virulently as issues of U.S. defense and national security fateful subjects in which presidents claim more than usual powers, just as citizens and their elected representatives are often more than usually concerned. In a career that so far spans 26 years in Washington, I have been fortunate enough both to have served two stints in the executive branch. [download]
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