Description
Secrets of State offers a comprehensive history of American foreign policymaking from the early days of the Republic to the present. Accurately predicting the recent policy crisis involving Iran and the contra rebels, Rubin analyzes how foreign policy decisions are made, who makes them, and how well they are implemented. Tracing the development of the State Department, the National Security Council, and the White House staff, Rubin demonstrates how each president has organized foreign policy in his own way.
