Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power

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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 Americas decisions affecting war and peace, who are the architects of everything from covert operations to market bailouts to combating terrorism. This is the National Security Council, and its importance has never been clearer. Drawing from 130 exclusive interviews with many of the best-known and the most-significant figures to have played a central role in shaping Americas national security and foreign policies, David Rothkopf depicts with an eye for both personal detail and historical implications the real events from which todays headlines and Tom Clancy novels are drawn.

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"Anecdotal, garrulous, even gossipy at times, it is just like school - only with higher stakes." The Economist"

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David J. Rothkopf, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, served as deputy under secretary of commerce during the Clinton Administration, as Chairman and CEO of Intellibridge Corporation, a provider of international analysis to the national security community, and as managing director of Kissinger Associates. A well-known commentator for leading newspapers and magazines, he has taught international relations at Columbia University written, co-authored or edited five other books on international and information age themes and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the President's Advisory Council of the U.S. Institute of Peace. He lives in Washington DC.