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Description edit
Running the World is an unprecedented look behind the scenes at the "most powerful committee in the history of the world"-the men and women closest to the president of the United States who make America's decisions affecting war and peace, who are the architects of everything from... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Henry Kissinger: Add a description of this character.
- Clinton
- Brzezinski
- Carter
- Reagan
- Eisenhower
- George W. Bush
- Cheney
- Kennedy
- Nixon
- Scowcroft
- Truman
- Colin Powell
- Vance
- Lake
- Shultz
- Holbrooke
- Mcfarlane
- Rumsfeld
- Johnson
- Baker
- Haig
- Clarke
- Weinberger
- Rubin
- Gorbachev
- Albright
- Rice
- Poindexter
- Christopher
- Forrestal
- Wolfowitz
- Mcnamara
- George H.w. Bush
- Roosevelt
- Clifford
- Brown
- Carlucci
- Mondale
- Schlesinger
- Goodpaster
- Saddam Hussein
- Sandy Berger
- Tony
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- White House
- China
- Central America
- Iraq
- Washington
- Iran
- Soviet Union
- Vietnam
- Bosnia
- Middle East
- Eastern Europe
- Kosovo
- Taiwan
- Afghanistan
- Somalia
- Israel
- Cuba
- Moscow
- Beijing
- Haiti
- Russia
- Germany
- Southeast Asia
- Qaeda
- Balkans
- Kuwait
- North Korea
- Lebanon
- Japan
- Mexico
- Berlin
- Africa
- India
- Oval Office
- Yugoslavia
- Camp David
- Dayton
- California
- Harvard
- Cambodia
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Geneva
- France
- Tehran
Table of Contents edit
The Committee in Charge of Running the World --
Washington's Choice --
Greatness Thrust Upon Them --
Gulliver Embarks: Leaders, Leadership, and the Difference Between the Two --
Bound in Lilliput --
America in Decline, the NSC Ascendant --
A Superpower in Search of Itself --
Morning in America, Twilight at the NSC --
Across a Bright Line in History --
The New, Improved, Post-Cold War, Information-Age, Indispensable Nation --
The Beginning of the End of the End of History --
A Thumb on the Scales: Tipping the Balance in the Battle Between the Traditionalists and the Transformationalists --
U.S. Foreign Policy in the Age of Ambiguity --
A Guide to Abbreviations and Acronyms.
Authors & Contributors edit
- David J. Rothkopf (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Public Affairs
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 1586482483
Page Count: 576
Publisher: Public Affairs
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 1586482483
Page Count: 576
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 355.033073
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › United States › Executive Branch
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › Diplomacy
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › Relations
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Government
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › U.S.
- Books › Nonfiction › Government › Federal Government
- Books › History › World
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