Organizing for Foreign Policy Crises Presidents, Advisers, and the Management of Decision Making

Author/creator Haney, Patrick J. Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press
Description200 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in.
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Summary Annotation <div>Presidents often assemble ad hoc groups of advisers to help them make decisions during foreign policy crises. These advisers may include the holders of the traditional foreign policy positions--secretaries of state and defense--as well as others from within and without the executive branch. It has never been clear what role these groups play in the development of policy. In this landmark study, Patrick Haney examines how these crisis decision groups were structured and how they performed the tasks of providing information, advice, and analysis to the president. From this, Haney investigates the links between a president's crisis management structure and the decision-making process that took place during a foreign policy crisis.<br /></div><div>Haney employs case studies to examine the different ways presidents from Truman through Bush used crisis decision-making groups to help manage foreign policy crises. He looks at the role of these groups in handling the Berlin blockade in 1948, the Suez Crisis in 1956, the Tet offensive in 1968, the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and the Panama invasion in 1989, among other crises. He extends our understanding of the organization, management and behavior of the decision-making groups presidents assemble during foreign policy crises. This book will appeal to scholars of the American presidency and American foreign policy.<br /></div><div>Patrick Haney is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Miami University of Ohio.<br /></div>
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LCCN 97004582
ISBN9780472088744
ISBN0472088742 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780472088744
Stock number08874 00027280

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