Fateful decisions inside the national security council provides students with valuable insights into the origins workings strengths and weaknesses of the nsc covering the period from 1947 to 2003 fateful decisions features seminal articles essays and documents drawn from a variety of sources the book presents and illuminates several obscure documents regarding the beginning of the nsc and its early years it then examines the transformation of the nsc from a newly established and . Fateful decisions inside the national security council amazonde johnson loch k inderfurth karl f fremdsprachige bucher. Fateful decisions inside the national security council provides students with valuable insights into the origins workings strengths and weaknesses of the nsc covering the period from 1947 to. Fateful decisions inside the national security council edited with introductions by karl f inderfurth loch k johnson new york oxford oxford university press 2004 contents figures xi preface xiii origins editors introduction i 1 1 the development of political military consultation in the united states ernest r may i 7 2 postwar organization for national security ferdinand eberstadt . The councils four principal members the president vice president secretary of state and secretary of defense are responsible for incredibly far reaching decisions regarding war and peace diplomacy int