The relational aspect of power is captured in Robert Dahl's classic definition:
a. who gets what, how and when.
b. absolute power corrupts absolutely.
c. the ability of A to get B to do something that B would not do otherwise.
d. follow the money.
By the early 1960s, the _________ became the key official responsible for managing the interagency groups and coordinating the policy process, as well as for providing information and advice to the president.
a. Secretary of State c. Chief of Staff
b. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff d. National Security Advisor
Getting another country to stop an action it is already pursuing in order to force a result is known as
a. power. c. compellence.
b. influence. d. deterrence.
Which of the following best describes the stage of evolution of the National Security Council system in the early NSC era (19471960)?
a. An advisory body
b. Being eclipsed by the rise of the national security adviser and staff
c. The ascendance of the national security advisor and staff
d. All of the above are true.
Successful compellence results in _______ while successful deterrence results in _______.
a. nothing happening; something happening c. war; peace
b. something happening; nothing happening d. peace; war
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