The Politics of Policy Making in Defense and Foreign Affairs: Conceptual Models and Bureaucratic Politics

Author Roger Hilsman brings to this Third Edition the insight and experience from a lifetime in military and foreign affairs. In the Third Edition of this classic volume, he sets forth a realistic description of how Washington actually works in the making of defense policy and foreign affairs. He achieves this by exploring the various conceptual models and power centers (both individuals and instructions) driving traditional and contemporary defense and foreign policy.