Preface to the 1974 Edition

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Preface to the 1974 Edition xiii
5. CHAPTER ONE. Introduction 1
6. CHAPTER TWO. How Not to Reorganize the Government 16
7. CHAPTER THREE. Organization and Bureaucratic Politics 52
8. CHAPTER FOUR. What to Do? The Need for an Organizational Strategy 83
9. CHAPTER FIVE. The Strategies of Presidents: Foreign Policy-Making under Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon 95
10. CHAPTER SIX. Problems with State: Presidential Dissatisfaction and Efforts at Reform 154
11. CHAPTER SEVEN. Formal Approaches to Coherent Foreign Policy 191
12. CHAPTER EIGHT. The Uses of Staffs 214
13. CHAPTER NINE. Building Lines of Confidence: A State-Centered Organizational Strategy 254
14. EPILOGUE. The Nixon System—A Further Look 295
15. List of Abbreviations 321
16. Bibliographical Notes 323
17. Index 343