Technical Advice on Political Issues

Abstract

The paper uses three national security-related issued (Skybolt, SAM upgrade, and the Serpukhov computer), to illustrate a general discussion in Part 1, of the politics of technical advice, and in Part 2 to contrast the ability to deal with technical issues bearing on policy of the NSC staff and the Department of State. Part 1 treats such characteristic problems as the difficulty of obtaining objective technical advice in a political context; Part 2 is essentially an argument for strengthening the State Department's capability to deal with policy-relevant technical issues.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0740608

Entities

People

  • Howard Margolis

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Arms Control
  • Commerce
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Negotiations
  • Security
  • United States
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design