"National security." . . "National Security Council (USA) Geschichte." . . "Sicurezza nazionale Stati Uniti." . . "Estados Unidos" . . "Sicherheitspolitik USA Geschichte." . . "United States" . . "Servizi segreti Stati Uniti." . . "Foreign politics" . . "HISTORY / Military / Other" . . "Politiek." . . "National Security Council." . . "Stati Uniti. National Security Council." . . "National Security Council (Estados Unidos)" . . "TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science" . . "Security policy" . . "États-Unis" . . . . . . "The people at the top of American national security establishment, the President and his principal advisors, the core team at the helm of the National Security Council, are the most powerful committee in the history of the world. Yet, in many respects, they are among the least understood. David Rothkopf served with and knows personally many of the NSC's key players of the past twenty-five years. In this book he pulls back the curtain on this shadowy world to explore its inner workings, its people, their relationships, their contributions and the occasions when they have gone wrong. He traces the group's evolution from the final days of the Second World War to the post-Cold War realities of global terror, exploring its triumphs, its human dramas and most recently, what many consider to be its breakdown at a time when we needed it most. Drawing on an extraordinary series of insider interviews with policy makers including Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Henry Kissinger, senior officials of the Bush Administration, and over 130 others, the book offers unprecedented insights into what must change if America is to maintain its unprecedented worldwide leadership in decades ahead--Publisher's description." . . . . . . . . . . . "Presents a history of the National Security Council, analyzing how each administration has used the NSC to define and shape foreign and military policy in line with their own political agenda." . . . . . . "Running the world : the inside story of the National Security Council and the architects of American Power" . "Electronic books" . "Running the world : the inside story of the National Security Council and the architects of American power"@en . "Running the world : the inside story of the National Security Council and the architects of American power" . "A behind-the-scenes look at \"\"the most powerful committee in the history of the world, \"\" the small group of men and women who work, often in secret, within the White House to make the most fateful decisions of our time." . "Running the world" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Running the world the inside story of the National Security Council and the architects of American power" . . . . "Nacionalna varnost." . . "2000-09" . . . . "National Security Council (U.S.)" . . "United States of America." . . "1945-2000" . . "Združene države Amerike." . . "Seguridad del Estado Estados Unidos." . . "Großmachtpolitik." . . "Estados Unidos. National Security Council." . . "National Security Council (U.S.)" . . "Decision making" . .