Affairs of State

The essential challenge to American statesmen remains the effective coordination and integration of the various elements of national power through the large and complex interagency system. The findings and insights of the various papers in this compendium are the work of seasoned practitioners and scholar diplomats who have devoted careers to making the interagency system work well. National security professionals working in Washington or in the field will find the accumulated wisdom very useful in their work. The book also works well as a teaching aid and in fact reflects years of collaboration among the nation's war colleges.