White House Warriors: How the National Security Council Transformed the American Way of War

"The NSC, part star chamber, part gladiator arena, and part Game of Thrones drama is expertly revealed to us in the pages of Gans' primer on Washington power." - Kurt Campbell, Chairman of the Asia Group, LLC

Since its founding more than seventy years ago, the National Security Council has exerted more influence on the president's foreign policy decisions-and on the nation's conflicts abroad-than any other institution or individual. And yet, until the explosive Trump presidency, few American...