4.02 avg rating — 579 ratings

"Good book on the incentives that bureaucracies face. One of the takeaways is that successful agencies produce publicly visible and concrete services. Sustaining diplomatic engagement, which often is behind the scenes and requires balancing conflicting goals, is less rewarded than, say, producing cables, spending grants, and reviewing visa applications."

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4.34 avg rating — 4,908 ratings

"Probably more relevant to those covering current events than his previous book, which ends with the French Revolution."