02679nam 2200613 450 991045855780332120200520144314.097866104425841-4237-6481-10-19-536027-31-60129-896-X(CKB)1000000000363343(StDuBDS)AH24084336(SSID)ssj0000224059(PQKBManifestationID)12059325(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224059(PQKBWorkID)10206638(PQKB)10156258(MiAaPQ)EBC4702507(Au-PeEL)EBL4702507(CaPaEBR)ebr11273602(OCoLC)437173411(EXLCZ)99100000000036334320161013h19901990 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe politics of national security Congress and U.S. defense policy /Barry M. Blechman ; with the assistance W. Philip EllisNew York, New York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1990.©19901 online resource (xiii,249p.) A Twentieth Century Fund BookIncludes index.0-19-507705-9 Based on interviews with US Congress members and their staff, this study explains why Congress has taken an expanded role in the formulation of US national defence policies. The author describes how these changes came about and their consequences for American interests.Over the past twenty years, controversy has raged over the greatly expanded role of Congress in the formulation of US national defence policy. Barry Blechman, who served as Assistant Director to the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and as a consultant to the Pentagon and numerous congressional committees, here analyses this fundamental shift in US policy-making. Based in part on interviews with Congress members and their staff, the book explains how and why these changes came about and what their consequences have been for the defence of American interests.Twentieth Century Fund book.National securityUnited StatesUnited StatesMilitary policyUnited StatesForeign relations1981-1989Electronic books.National security355.033073Blechman Barry M.29201Ellis W. PhilipMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458557803321The politics of national security2161563UNINA