Many people claimed an important role in bringing Polaris into service. Burke is portrayed as caring about completing the work and probably paying little attention to that competition for credit. The argument is that competition for recognition can constrain senior political operators. Someone willing to let others take credit can pursue the result without that same constraint.
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Burke, program results, and personal credit
The Polaris discussion presents Burke's relative indifference to personal credit as an explanation for his approach to institutional politics.