Presidential Command
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Presidential Command
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Author : Peter W. Rodman
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2009-01-06
Presidential Command written by Peter W. Rodman and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-06 with History categories.
An official in the Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and both Bush administrations, Peter W. Rodman draws on his firsthand knowledge of the Oval Office to explore the foreign-policy leadership of every president from Nixon to George W. Bush. This riveting and informative book about the inner workings of our government is rich with anecdotes and fly-on-the-wall portraits of presidents and their closest advisors. It is essential reading for historians, political junkies, and for anyone in charge of managing a large organization.
Command
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Author : Brett McGurk
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2021-03-09
Command written by Brett McGurk and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-09 with Business & Economics categories.
From the only national security advisor to have served under Presidents Bush, Obama, and Trump, a riveting diplomat's memoir of America at war, and an exclusive insider's look at the way presidents make decisions under pressure. Since the attacks of 9/11, American presidents have exercised raw and unchecked executive power to make critical, fateful decisions for our nation. From Afghanistan to Iraq and Syria, enemies have been declared and Americans have fought and died based on presidential orders issued outside public view--and therefore with little scrutiny or accountability. But McGurk deploys his insight as a vital player in the executive decision-making process to pull back the curtain on these crucial moments in modern American history. From the Green Zone to the Situation Room, McGurk delivers an inside look at the last three presidents as they grapple with incomplete information and conflicting advice to make life-and-death decisions. Bush transformed his presidency over its last two years, becoming the most hands-on commander-in-chief since FDR. Obama demanded a rigorous process some saw as micromanagement, but others recognized as a key feature of what led to his election. Trump threw out the playbook. In page-turning prose, McGurk delivers hair-raising stories from his time as an American diplomat in Iraq and as a national security advisor in the White House, revealing how the vast differences in leadership and strategy among each president play out on the ground. McGurk uses his close-up view of three presidents' successes and failures to extract an urgent set of lessons about the best way to make the biggest decisions--the means, ways, and ends of policymaking. With implications from the White House to the Pentagon to boardrooms and organizations around the globe, Command lifts the mystique of wartime decision-making, illuminating the high-stakes choices made by a chosen few that profoundly affect us all.
Presidents And Their Generals
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Author : Matthew Moten
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2014-11-05
Presidents And Their Generals written by Matthew Moten and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-05 with History categories.
A military historian traces the long struggle of American presidents to assert their power over uncooperative generals. Since World War II, the United States has been engaged in near-constant military conflict abroad, often with ill-defined objectives, ineffectual strategy, and uncertain benefits. In this era of limited congressional oversight and “wars of choice,” the executive and the armed services have shared the primary responsibility for making war. The negotiations between presidents and their generals thus grow ever more significant, and understanding them becomes essential. Matthew Moten traces a sweeping history of the evolving roles of civilian and military leaders in conducting war, demonstrating how war strategy and national security policy shifted as political and military institutions developed, and how they were shaped by leaders’ personalities. Early presidents established the principle of military subordination to civil government, and from the Civil War to World War II the president’s role as commander-in-chief solidified, with an increasingly professionalized military offering its counsel. But General Douglas MacArthur’s insubordination to President Harry Truman during the Korean War put political-military tensions on public view. Subsequent presidents selected generals who would ally themselves with administration priorities. Military commanders in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan did just that—and the results were poorly conceived policy and badly executed strategy. The most effective historical collaborations between presidents and their generals were built on mutual respect for military expertise and civilian authority, and a willingness to negotiate with candor and competence. Upon these foundations, future soldiers and statesmen can ensure effective decision-making in the event of war and bring us closer to the possibility of peace. Praise for Presidents and Their Generals “This highly readable book, impressive in scope, is a major contribution to understanding the important yet often-shifting dynamics of civil-military relations in the U.S.?past, present, and future.” —W. A. Taylor, Choice “The author's opinions are precise and witty and based on comprehensive knowledge of his subject, as he clearly demonstrates how wars are lost by the arrogant and/or incompetent. A brilliant, fascinating picture of how wars badly begun and poorly run can affect an entire country?usually at the hands of just a few men.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
The Kremlin And The High Command
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Author : Dale R. Herspring
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Release Date : 2006-10-11
The Kremlin And The High Command written by Dale R. Herspring and has been published by University Press of Kansas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-11 with History categories.
Throughout its existence, the Red Army was viewed as a formidable threat. By the end of the Cold War, however, it had become the weakest link in the Soviet Union's power structure. Always subordinate to the Communist Party, the military in 1991 suddenly found itself answering instead to the president of a democratic state. Dale Herspring closely examines how that relationship influenced the military's viability in the new Russian Federation. Herspring's book is the first to assess the relationship between the Russian military and the political leadership under Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin. He depicts an outmoded and demoralized military force still struggling to free itself from Cold War paradigms, while failing to confront not only debacles in Afghanistan and Chechnya but also a rise in crime and corruption within the ranks. He reveals how Gorbachev neglected the military to save Russia from internal collapse and Yeltsin reneged on continuing promises of support. And, while Putin claims a better understanding of the armed forces, he has severely tightened his control over the military while monitoring its struggle toward modernization. Herspring argues that presidential leadership-or a significant lack thereof-has been the key variable determining the kind of military Russia puts in the field. It has been up to the president to ensure that the high command makes a successful transition to the new polity-otherwise combat readiness will decline and generals and admirals could become politicized. By focusing on how the high command has reacted to each president's decisions and leadership style, Herspring shows that, in spite of the continued importance of the military's bureaucratic structure, personality factors have assumed a much more important role than in the past. The Kremlin and the High Command provides the most complete analysis to date of the Russian president's influence on the Russian officer corps, the soldiers they lead, and their army's combat readiness. Shedding light on the chaos that has plagued the USSR and Russia over the past 25 years, it also suggests how the often fraught relationship between the president and the high command must evolve if the Russian Federation is to evolve into a truly democratic nation.
Command Decision And The Presidency
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Author : Ralph Gordon Hoxie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Command Decision And The Presidency written by Ralph Gordon Hoxie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Political Science categories.
The Command
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Author : Marc Ambinder
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 2012-02-07
The Command written by Marc Ambinder and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-07 with Political Science categories.
The U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) has proven to be the most lethal weapon in the president's arsenal. Shrouded in secrecy, the Command has done more to degrade the capacity of terrorists to attack the United States than any other single entity. And counter-terrorism is only one of its many missions. Because of such high profile missions as Operation Neptune's Spear, which resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden, JSOC has attracted the public's attention. But Americans only know a fraction of the real story. In The Command, Ambinder and Grady provide readers with a concise and comprehensive recent history of the special missions units that comprise the most effective weapon against terrorism ever conceived. For the first time, they reveal JSOC's organizational chart and describe some of the secret technologies and methods that catalyze their intelligence and kinetic activities. They describe how JSOC migrated to the center of U.S. military operations, and how they fused intelligence and operations in such a way that proved crucial to beating back the Iraq insurgency. They also disclose previously unreported instances where JSOC's activities may have skirted the law, and question the ability of Congress to oversee units that, by design, must operate with minimum interference. With unprecedented access to senior commanders and team leaders, the authors also: Put the bin Laden raid in the larger context of a transformed secret organization at its operational best. Explore other secret missions ordered by the president (and the surprising countries in which JSOC operates). Trace the growth of JSOC's operational and support branches and chronicle the command's mastery of the Washington inter-agency bureaucracy. By Marc Ambinder, a contributing editor at the Atlantic, who has covered politics for CBS News and ABC News, and D.B. Grady, a correspondent for the Atlantic, and former U.S. Army paratrooper and a veteran of Afghanistan.
The Kremlin And The High Command
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Author : Dale R. Herspring
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-10-11
The Kremlin And The High Command written by Dale R. Herspring and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-11 with Civil-military relations categories.
Chronicles the trials and tribulations of three Russian presidents' (Gorbachev's, Yeltsin's, and Putin's) efforts to reform an ossified and ill-prepared Russian military that was beleaguered by the confusing, chaotic, and threatening transformation of the former USSR into the Russian Federation--in order to better meet current and future threats to national security.
In Command
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Author : Matthew Oyos
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2018-06-01
In Command written by Matthew Oyos and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-01 with History categories.
"In Command explores Theodore Roosevelt's efforts to modernize the U.S. military before, during, and after his presidency"--
Command Decision And The Presidency
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Author : R. G. Hoxie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Command Decision And The Presidency written by R. G. Hoxie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with categories.
Third In Command
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Author : Matthew Skala
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2011-02-15
Third In Command written by Matthew Skala and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-15 with Fiction categories.
Speaker of the House Anita Killington is thrust into temporary power when a hostage situation at a State Funeral leaves both the President and Vice-President incapacitated. As she battles to save the lives of the thousands of people held hostage, she realizes nothing is what it appears to be and nobody seems to be telling her the truth. Teaming up with a young Secret Service Agent and untrusti ng members of her own government, Killington must sort through the evidence to determine how security was compromised, who on the inside can be trusted, and what the real moti vati on behind the attack is, all while attempting to avert a seemingly-related International crisis. One thing is for sure, getting there will be no easy task for the Speaker whose limited time frame leaves the President, the hostages, and the nation in jeopardy. From the majestic beauty of the Basilica, to the deep-dark secrets of the White House bunker, to the backwoods of Maryland and the rough airspace above South Korea, one thing is certain; with every new piece of information comes twists and turns that leave her trusting nobody and questioning the most basic tenets of her beliefs.