Author: Zegart, Amy B.
Title: Flawed by Design: The Evolution of the CIA, JCS, and NSC
Description: Stanford, Stanford University Press, (1999). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xvi, 317 pp. Minor rubbing. Some light page-edge soil. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Toward a Theory of National Security Agencies; Origins of the National Security Council System: A "Brass-Knuckle Fight to the Finish"; Evolution of the National Security Council System: "From King's Ministers to Palace Guard"; Origins of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: "Fighting for the Very Life of the Navy"; Evolution of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: "The Swallows Return to Capistrano"; Origins of the Central Intelligence Agency:"Those Spooky Boys"; Evolution of the Central Intelligence Agency: "One of the Weakest Links in Our National Security"; Conclusion; Appendices.

Keywords: National Security Agencies, United States, CIA Central, Intelligence Agency, Joint Chiefs of, Staff Government, Institutional, Policy Politics, Political History