Presidents, bureaucrats, and foreign policy : the politics of organizational reform

The author has provided an epilogue which takes into account foreign policy developments since 1971. He considers the implications of the appointment of Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State and deals with some of the larger issues raised by the events of the past two years. Originally published in 1974. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. The author has provided an epilogue which takes into account foreign policy developments since 1971. He considers the implications of the appointment of Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State and deals with some of the larger issues raised by the events of the past two years. Originally published in 1974. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 Cover Contents Preface Preface to the 1974 Edition 1 Introduction 2 How Not to Reorganize the Government 3 Organization and Bureaucratic Politics 4 What to Do? The Need for an Organizational Strategy 5 The Strategies of Presidents: Foreign Policy-Making Under Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon 6 Problems with State: Presidential Dissatisfaction and Efforts at Reform 7 Formal Approaches to Coherent Foreign Policy 8 The Uses of Staffs 9 Building Lines of Confidence: A State-Centered Organizational Strategy Epilogue The Nixon Systema-A Further Look List of Abbreviations Bibliographical Notes Index