Honest broker?: the national security advisor and presidential decision making

Introduction-the case for the honest broker role

The foundation of honest brokerage: Truman's executive secretaries, Eisenhower's special assistants

The decline of honest brokerage: Bundy as NSC advisor

The costs of absent brokerage: Kissinger as NSC advisor

The benefits of balanced brokerage: Scowcroft as NSC advisor

Weak brokerage, insurgency, and recovery: the Reagan NSC advisors

The costs of failed brokerage: Rice as NSC advisor

Conclusions

Appendix A: Assistants to the president for national security affairs (NSC advisors)

Since 1953

Appendix B: The others: Rostow, Brzezinski, Lake, Berger, and Hadley

Notes

Bibliography

Index.