Introduction-the case for the honest broker role
The foundation of honest brokerage: Truman's executive secretaries, Eisenhower's special assistants
The decline of honest brokerage: Bundy as NSC advisor
The costs of absent brokerage: Kissinger as NSC advisor
The benefits of balanced brokerage: Scowcroft as NSC advisor
Weak brokerage, insurgency, and recovery: the Reagan NSC advisors
The costs of failed brokerage: Rice as NSC advisor
Conclusions
Appendix A: Assistants to the president for national security affairs (NSC advisors)
Since 1953
Appendix B: The others: Rostow, Brzezinski, Lake, Berger, and Hadley
Notes
Bibliography
Index.