Eisenhower's Executive Office: (contributions In Political Science) [Hardcover]

When Dwight Eisenhower ran for president he was so confident that he could organize the Executive Office more effectively than his predecessor that he made it an issue in the campaign of 1952. When he entered office he found that Congress had given him just two months to reorganize the Council of Economic Advisers or see it dissolved. The changes he made in the Council still form the basis of its organization. This book, based largely on original sources, attempts to analyze what Eisenhower did and did not do, and how well the mechanisms he installed worked.ALFRED DICK SANDER is Professor Emeritus of History from Purdue University. A former analyst at the National Security Agency, he has served as department head and chief academic officer at Purdue, Calumet Campus. Among his earlier publications isA Staff for the President: The Executive Office, 1921-1952(Greenwood Press, 1989).

Introduction
The White House Office
The Reorganization of the Council of Economic Advisers
Eisenhower and the Economic Council
The Reorganization of the National Security Council
The NSC in Operation
The Origin of the Operations Coordination Board
The Evolution of the Operations Coordination Board
The Bureau of the Budget
Failed Plans
Under Attack
Bibliography
Index