SINcE t11e ending of the Vietnam Warmore than a President has been<br > deposed--an entire system of power has been overturnedlhe Presi<br > dency itselfnot iust Richard Nixonhas been the subject ot a revolu<br > tion that radically redistributed the power of governmentIn this revolu<br > tionthe principal losers were the PresidentIris cabinetthe White<br > House corps of managersand those senior officers of the Congress--<br > partvcommitteeand subcommittee 1eaders--who had become too<br > aosjv identiffed with the advancement of Presidential designsChief<br > among the power gainers was the Congressional rank and file<br > Among the booty redistributed by the revolution was control over<br > USforeign policy10ng a Presidential perquisiteWith the revolution<br > came those questions characteristic of radical breaks with an established<br > orderCan the revolutionaries get organized or will they be themselves<br > devouredvictims of disordered revolutionary energy?Having seized<br > powercan they couple it with purpose?Can they protect the national<br > interest from enemies seeking to take advantage of the upheaval?<br > National security in the dangerous post1941 world of hot and cold<br > wars had been aehieved by a zealous patriotic rallying behind the Presi<br > dential colorsPolitics stops at the waterS edgeCongress dutifully<br > intonedwhich really meant that democracyS writ may not be operative<br > in the places where foreign policy iS made0ff shorethe open partisan<br > debate that characterizes Dublic and Congressional scrutiny of domestic<br > policy must give way to uncritical concurrence<br > But once the icon of Presidential omniscience had been smashed<br > what could the revolutionaries offer to fill its niche?HOW would the<br >