American Foreign Policy

by Ikenberry, G. John

• ISBN13: 9780547198286
• ISBN10: 0547198280
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-15
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Containing thought-provoking essays collected from scholarly journals, this highly respected reader provides an overview of the critical topics that shape U.S. foreign policy.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Problem of Explanation

"Models of International Relations and Foreign Policy."

"The United States and International Institutions."?

International Sources Of Foreign Policy

"Anarchic Orders and Balances of Power."

"The American Conception of National Security and the Beginnings of the Cold War, 1945-1948."

"Power and Weakness: Why the United States and Europe See the World Differently."

"The Remaking of a Unipolar World."?

Capitalism, Class, and Foreign Policy

"Sectoral Conflict and US Foreign Economic Policy."

"Economic Instability and Military Strength: The Paradoxes of the 1950 Rearmament Decision."

"Contesting Globalization: Organized Labor, NAFTA, and the 1997 and 1998 Fast-Track Fights."

"Capitalism, Nationalism, and the New American Empire.?

National Values, Democratic Institutions, and Foreign Policy

"American Ideals Versus American Institutions."

"The United States Political System and International Leadership: A decidedly inferior form of Government?"

"The Roots of the Bush Doctrine: Power, Nationalism, and Democracy Promotion in U.S. Strategy."?

Public Opinion, Policy Legitimacy, and Interest Groups

"From Pearl Harbor to Vietnam: Shifting Generational Paradigms and Foreign Policy."

"Domestic Constraints on Regime Change in U.S. Foreign Policy the need for Policy Legitimacy."

"Business Versus public Influence in US foreign Policy."

"Political Conflict and Foreign Policy in the United States: A Geographical Interpretation."

"The Israel Lobby."?

bureaucratic Politics and Organizational Culture

"Conceptual Models and the Cuban Missile Crisis."

"Are Bureaucracies Important?

Or Allison in Wonderland."

"The Iraq War and Agenda Setting."?

Perceptions Personality and Social Psychology

"Hypotheses on Misperception."

"Cognitive Perspectives on Foreign Policy."

"Seductions by Analogy in Vietnam: The Malaya and Korea Analogies."

"The Personalites of Bush and Gorbachaev Measured at a Distance: Procedures, Portraits, and Policy."?

American Foreign Policy After The Bush Administration

"The Case for Restraint."

"Liberal Order Building."

"A Moral Core for U.S. Foreign Policy." Robert Kagan, "End of Dreams, Return of History."

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