U.S. National Security: A Selected Bibliography
Abstract : This selected bibliography lists references for readings on the organization and process, interagency coordination, policy, and other topics directly related to the study of U.S. National Security.
Minds on Minds: Education and National Security
Alexis de Tocqueville, arguably the most astute foreign observer of the United States in its infancy, said that the greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation but in its ability to repair its faults. In this case, the fault that needs repair is the U.S. approach to education. In addressing the plethora of increasingly complex global issues critical to American national security, education should be made a top priority for the twenty-first century in the collective search for viable and innovative solutions. An even more resilient national security depends on rethinking approaches to include the country’s schools and integrating the application of a multidisciplinary, constructivist conceptual framework of participatory education between existing government agencies and complex civilian networks. The forces of migration, globalization, and technology have already equipped the nation’s classrooms with vast human resources filled with invaluable sociocultural and linguistic information, and by investing in a collaborative effort, integrating the exploding diversity in schools, and embracing both the complexities and the benefits inherent in the intersection of cultures, the
From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War
From a former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, whose government service spanned six presidencies, this is the inside story of the role of America and the agency in the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Gates provides descriptions of the atmosphere, culture and politics of the CIA and the National Security Council and draws candid appraisals of presidents and key officials. Among his many disclosures are: how Carter laid the foundations for Reagan's covert wars against the Soviets; CIA predictions of a conservative coup against Gorbachev and the collapse of the Soviet Union; CIA and KGB "black operations" against each other; the secret relationship between Pope John Paul II and the Soviets; and the three secret CIA-KGB summits.