American Foreign Policy And Process

by Mccormick,James M.

• ISBN13: 9780495189817
• ISBN10: 0495189812
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-15
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This comprehensive text examines the way foreign policy has changed from its earliest years through the post-9/11 years and beyond. It also looks at the ways values and beliefs about foreign policy have changed over the course of U.S. history and demonstrates how the values and beliefs of a variety of domestic factors affect the foreign policy decision-making process.

Table of Contents

Values And Policies In American Foreign Affairs

Americas Traditions in Foreign Policy

Global Involvement and the Emergence of the Cold War

The Cold War Consensus and Challenges to It

American Foreign Policy After Vietnam: From Realism to Idealism and Back Again

Foreign Policy After the Cold War: The Bush and Clinton Administration

American Foreign Policy After September 11: The George W. Bush Administration

The Process Of Policymaking

The President and the Making of Foreign Policy

Congressional Prerogatives and the Making of Foreign Policy

The Diplomatic and Economic Bureaucracies: Duplication or Specialization?

The Military and Intelligence Bureaucracies: Pervasive or Accountable?

Political Parties, Bipartisanship, and Interest Groups

The Media, Public Opinion, and the Foreign Policy Process

Conclusion

American Foreign Policy in the Twenty-first Century

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