Imperial Brain Trust: The Council on Foreign Relations and United States ... - Laurence H. Shoup - Google Books

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News stories and academic studies often focus on the options chosen by a president and his officials during a crisis. Central to such decisions, however, are the forces that determine what options show up on the agenda and what options do not even make it…