| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 89.3

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The Role of Presidential Advisory Systems in US Foreign Policy-Making: The Case of the National Security Council and Vietnam, 1953–1961. By Pasi Tuunainen. (Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2001. 523 pp. Paper, Fimr 160, ISBN 951-746-285-9.)

The historiography of Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency has undergone substantial shifts over the past two decades. While historians still debate Eisenhower's overall effectiveness, few accept the traditional assessment that he was a weak president. In The Role of Presidential Advisory Systems in US Foreign Policy-Making, Pasi Tuunainen definitely accepts the revisionist contention that Eisenhower was an effective president who utilized a carefully orchestrated advisory system to facilitate decision making. He arrives at this conclusion after using the development of Eisenhower's policies toward Vietnam as a case study for evaluating the effectiveness of the National Security Council (NSC) in presidential decision making. His study fills a definite void in the Eisenhower historiography and should be consulted by anyone studying either the NSC or American involvement in Vietnam in the 1950s. . . .

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