Difficult Transitions: Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Presidential Power

Table of Contents

contents preface Transition Memo: Hope, Hubris, Headaches, and Cardboard Boxes vii 1 Difficult Transitions: Presidential Transitions and Foreign Policy Perils 1 2 Firsthand Practitioner Accounts: Present at the Transition 8 3 Transitions Today: Enduring Challenges and Accelerating Risks 23 4 Campaign Trials 41 5 The Right Staff 62 6 Structural Imperatives 87 7 Governing Realities 103 8 Twenty Recommendations: Getting Off to a Successful Start and Avoiding Transition Traps and Trip-ups 129 9 Transition Verities: The 2008–09 Presidential Transfer 144 appendix Scholarly and Expert Perspectives: The Makings of Modern History 151 Notes 169 Bibliography 191 Index 197 vi contents ...