Presidential Commissions and National Security: The Politics of Damage Control Tapa dura - 2006

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Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006. Edition Unstated. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. As new condition. Text appears to be clean of markings. Binding is tight. Book appears to have never been used. 194 pages. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 3. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. ISBN: 1588264041. ISBN/EAN: 9781588264046. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561020152. . 9781588264046

E-057: Lynne Rienner Pub. Very Good. 2006. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Lynne Rienner, Boulder, CO. 2006. 194 pgs. Signed and inscribed by the author to a member of the 9/11 commission. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Through a series of five case studies, Kitts (political science, Francis Marion U. ) analyzes the role of presidential "blue-ribbon" commissions in the context of US national security policy. Offering chapters on the Roberts Commission and Pearl Harbor, the Rockefeller Commission and abuses by the CIA, the Scowcroft Commission and the MX Missile, the Tower Commission and the Iran-Contra scandal, and the 9/11 Commission, Kitts follows a common template for each case, exploring the precipitating crisis or event; the political situation confronting the president; the decision… Leer más