Further information: David Sauer, U.S. National Security Policy Foundation and Future
Course material: Initial sessions will rely on John Lewis Gaddis, Strategies of Containment, Revised and Expanded Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005. Considerable information pertaining to U.S. National Security Policy can be found on the internet, and select information from the web will be used in discussions of U.S. national security policy.
Schedule:
Session I: Containment
Required Reading: Strategies of Containment, Chapters 1 and 2
Further Information:
History of the National Security Council, 1947-1997
An Overview of America’s National Security Policy
A New National Security Structure, Short History of the the Department of State
History of the National Security Council 1947-1997, Federation of American Scientists
Lessons Learned from Prior Attempts at National Security Reform
The Project on National Security Reform
Overarching Issues Working Group
Drew Cramer & Grant Mullins
Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy
The College of William & Mary
NSC 68: United States Objectives and Programs for National Security
Session 2: Eisenhower: The New Look
Required Reading: Strategies of Containment, Chapters 5 and 6
Further Information:
Session 3: Kennedy-Johnson: Flexible Response
Required Reading: Strategies of Containment, Chapters 7 and 8
Further Information:
The Myth of Flexible Response: United States Strategy in Europe during the 1960s, Francis J. Gavin
Explaining America’s Transition to a Strategy of Flexible Response, Sam Seitz
Session 4: Nixon/Ford/Carter
Required Reading: Strategies of Containment, Chapters 9 and 10
Further Information:
https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/short-history/nixon-nsc
The Formation of a New National Security Council, Santino Labate
The Nixon Administration National Security Council
Session 5: Reagan Administration
Required Reading: Strategies of Containment, Chapter 11 and Epilogue
Further Information:
The Campaign for Goldwater-Nichols
Session 6: Bush/Clinton Administrations
Bush:
Required Reading: George H.W. Bush: Foreign Affairs. Stephen Knott
Required Reading: Assessing George H.W. Bush’s National Security Legacy
Clinton:
Required Reading:
Clinton and Democratic Enlargement
Session 7: Bush/Obama Administrations
Bush Administration:
Required Reading:
The Bush National Security Strategy An Evaluation
The National Security Strategy 2002
Obama Administration:
2010 National Security Strategy
2015 National Security Strategy
The 2015 National Security Strategy Issues for Congress, CRS
Session 8: Trump/Biden and the Future:
Required Reading:
National Security Strategy December 2017
Brookings Experts on Trump’s National Security Strategy
China:
How Taiwan with US Assistance Can Deter China
The Next US President has a Tall Order Keeping China in Check