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Tables, Figures, and Boxes | p. xv |
Preface | p. xix |
The Purpose of This Book | p. xix |
Organization of the Book | p. xx |
Acknowledgments | p. xxi |
About the Author | p. xxiii |
Introduction: Tools and Tool Users | p. 1 |
U.S. Foreign Policy in Action | p. 2 |
How Foreign Policy Is Made | p. 3 |
The Foreign Policy Toolkit | p. 4 |
How This Book Is Organized | p. 5 |
Assembling the Tools | |
The Framers' Design | p. 7 |
America Under the Articles of Confederation | p. 8 |
Behind Closed Doors in Philadelphia | p. 13 |
The New Framework | p. 16 |
The Battles for Ratification | p. 20 |
First Congress and First Precedents | p. 22 |
Selected Resources | p. 26 |
Following the Blueprint | p. 27 |
The Washington Administration, 1789-1797 | p. 27 |
John Adams and the Quasi-War With France, 1797-1801 | p. 30 |
Republican Government, 1800-1828 | p. 30 |
The Slavery Factor | p. 32 |
James Polk, Master Strategist, 1845-1849 | p. 34 |
America and the World, 1850-1861 | p. 35 |
Foreign Policy in the Civil War, 1861-1865 | p. 36 |
Congressional Dominance in the Gilded Age, 1865-1898 | p. 37 |
Imperial Ambitions, 1898-1913 | p. 39 |
Woodrow Wilson's Militant Idealism, 1913-1921 | p. 43 |
Retrenchment in the Jazz Age, 1920-1939 | p. 45 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt in Peace and War, 1933-1945 | p. 47 |
The Cold War and After, 1946- | p. 49 |
Selected Resources | p. 52 |
The President's Toolkit | p. 54 |
Presidential Power | p. 55 |
Legal Constraints | p. 57 |
Political Constraints | p. 58 |
Other Constraints on Presidential Choice | p. 59 |
Historical Consensus and Dissensus | p. 60 |
Presidential Management Styles | p. 61 |
Sources of Information | p. 62 |
Creation of the White House-Centered National Security Council System | p. 65 |
The National Security Council and Staff | p. 67 |
Role of the National Security Adviser | p. 71 |
Other White House Operatives | p. 72 |
National Security Council System: The Scowcroft Model | p. 74 |
National Security Council Culture | p. 76 |
The Paper Flow | p. 76 |
Crisis Management | p. 78 |
Process Matters | p. 78 |
Foreign Policy Is a Never-Ending Process | p. 81 |
Critiques of the Current National Security Council System | p. 82 |
Case Study: Obama's Review of Afghanistan Policy | p. 83 |
Selected Resources | p. 85 |
Congress's Toolkit | p. 86 |
How Congress Acts | p. 87 |
The Legal Tool | p. 88 |
Substantive Versus Procedural Laws | p. 89 |
The Money Tool | p. 91 |
The Treaty Tool | p. 92 |
The Nomination Tool | p. 94 |
Oversight Tools | p. 97 |
Informal Tools | p. 98 |
Congressional Culture | p. 99 |
House Culture | p. 101 |
Senate Culture | p. 101 |
Committee Cultures and Dynamics | p. 102 |
Why Congress Acts That Way | p. 103 |
Member Motivations | p. 104 |
Public Opinion | p. 105 |
Congressional Inputs to the National Security Council System | p. 106 |
The Effort to Legislate War Powers | p. 107 |
Inconsistency in Practice on War Powers | p. 110 |
Tying the President's Hands | p. 111 |
Should Politics Stop at Water's Edge? | p. 111 |
Case Study: Congress and Cuban Independence, 1898 | p. 112 |
Case Study: Congress Struggles With Apartheid and South Africa | p. 115 |
Selected Resources | p. 117 |
Shared Tools of the Budgetary Process | p. 119 |
Making Policy by Making Budgets | p. 120 |
Evolution of the Budget Process | p. 122 |
Role and Culture of the Office of Management and Budget | p. 124 |
The Official Budget Process in the Executive Branch | p. 124 |
The Official Budget Process in Congress | p. 126 |
The Money Committees and Their Cultures | p. 128 |
The Usual, Real Budget Process | p. 130 |
Playing Games With the Budget Tool | p. 131 |
Linking Money to Policy | p. 133 |
Contingency Funds | p. 133 |
Transfers and Reprogramming | p. 134 |
Secret Spending | p. 136 |
Causes and Cures for Dysfunction | p. 136 |
Case Study: Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 | p. 137 |
Selected Resources | p. 140 |
Using the Tools | |
The Diplomatic Instrument | p. 141 |
The Nature of Diplomacy and the Diplomatic Mission | p. 141 |
Growth and Professionalization of the State Department | p. 143 |
Organization | p. 145 |
The Country Team | p. 148 |
Leadership | p. 150 |
The Changing Foreign Service | p. 153 |
State Department Culture | p. 155 |
Representation and Engagement | p. 156 |
Negotiations | p. 158 |
Analyzing and Reporting | p. 158 |
Public Diplomacy | p. 159 |
Citizen Services | p. 159 |
Other Operations | p. 160 |
Policy Making | p. 160 |
Bureaucratic Rivalries Among State, Defense, and the National Security Council | p. 162 |
Congress and the State Department | p. 163 |
Case Study: Building the Gulf War Coalition, 1990 | p. 166 |
Selected Resources | p. 168 |
The Economic Instruments | p. 170 |
Carrots and Sticks | p. 173 |
A Disorganized Toolkit | p. 173 |
The Globalized Economy | p. 174 |
Key Institutions | p. 175 |
National Economic Council | p. 177 |
Federal Reserve | p. 178 |
Department of the Treasury | p. 178 |
United States Trade Representative | p. 179 |
Department of Commerce | p. 180 |
Department of State | p. 180 |
United States Agency for International Development | p. 181 |
Department of Defense | p. 181 |
Department of Agriculture | p. 182 |
Other Organizations | p. 182 |
Key Processes | p. 182 |
Sanctions | p. 183 |
Trade | p. 185 |
Exports | p. 186 |
Imports | p. 188 |
Foreign Assistance | p. 189 |
Financial Flows | p. 192 |
Foreign Direct Investment | p. 195 |
Case Study: The Korean-U.S. Free Trade Agreement | p. 197 |
Selected Resources | p. 199 |
The Military Instrument | p. 200 |
Nature of the Military Instrument | p. 200 |
Growth and Professionalization of the Military | p. 204 |
Consolidation, Nuclear Weapons, and Jointness | p. 206 |
Leadership | p. 210 |
People in Many Uniforms | p. 214 |
Organization | p. 216 |
The Culture of the Pentagon | p. 219 |
Use of the Military Instrument | p. 220 |
Warfighting | p. 221 |
Engaging With Foreign Governments and Militaries | p. 222 |
The 911 Force | p. 223 |
Planning and Policy Making | p. 223 |
Recurring Tensions | p. 224 |
The Pentagon in the Interagency Process | p. 225 |
Congress and the Pentagon | p. 226 |
Case Study: Planning for the 2003 Iraq Invasion | p. 227 |
Selected Resources | p. 230 |
The Secret Intelligence Instruments | p. 231 |
Secret Tools | p. 232 |
The Long History of Secret Programs | p. 233 |
Major Institutions | p. 234 |
Office of the Director of National Intelligence | p. 234 |
Central Intelligence Agency | p. 236 |
Pentagon Management | p. 237 |
Other Intelligence Community Components | p. 238 |
Major Processes | p. 239 |
Collection | p. 239 |
Analysis | p. 240 |
Operations | p. 244 |
What Presidents Want | p. 249 |
Congressional Oversight | p. 251 |
Selected Resources | p. 254 |
The Homeland Security Instruments | p. 255 |
A Brief History of United States Homeland Security | p. 255 |
Creation of the Homeland Security System | p. 257 |
The Defense Mission | p. 260 |
Intelligence Collection and Integration Mission | p. 261 |
Critical Infrastructure Mission | p. 262 |
Cybersecurity Mission | p. 263 |
Biological Protection Mission | p. 264 |
Border Security and Immigration Missions | p. 265 |
Transportation Security Mission | p. 265 |
Emergency Preparedness and Response Missions | p. 266 |
The Anomaly of the Secret Service | p. 267 |
Culture of the Department of Homeland Security | p. 267 |
Homeland Security Council | p. 268 |
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Homeland Security System | p. 268 |
Congress and Homeland Security | p. 269 |
International Aspects of Homeland Security | p. 270 |
Areas of Presidential Choice | p. 271 |
Case Study: U.S.-Mexican Collaboration on Security | p. 272 |
Selected Resources | p. 273 |
The International Institutions Instrument | p. 274 |
The Role of International Institutions | p. 275 |
Ad Hoc Versus Institutional Multilateralism | p. 277 |
International Institutions | p. 278 |
United Nations | p. 278 |
Congress and the United Nations | p. 283 |
International Atomic Energy Agency | p. 284 |
Regional Institutions | p. 285 |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization | p. 285 |
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe | p. 287 |
Organization of American States | p. 288 |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum, and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation | p. 289 |
Economic Institutions | p. 290 |
G-8 and G-20 | p. 291 |
The International Monetary Fund and Other International Financial Institutions | p. 292 |
World Trade Organization | p. 294 |
International Courts | p. 295 |
Major Nonstate Actors | p. 296 |
Case Study: Using the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as an Instrument of Foreign Policy in Libya, 2011 | p. 297 |
Selected Resources | p. 300 |
Constraints and Limitations on the U.S. Toolkit | |
Elephants in the Workshop | p. 301 |
Public Opinion | p. 302 |
The Elite, Attentive, and Mass Publics | p. 303 |
Polling Opinions | p. 304 |
Presidential Message and Public Support | p. 305 |
The Bully Pulpit and Framing | p. 306 |
Media | p. 306 |
Shaping the Media | p. 307 |
Leaks as a Policy Making Tool | p. 308 |
The Media as the Shaper | p. 309 |
Shrinking Coverage and Shrinking Audience | p. 310 |
Advocacy Groups | p. 311 |
Stakeholders | p. 312 |
Ethnic Identity or Affinity Groups | p. 313 |
Lobbyists | p. 316 |
Contributors | p. 318 |
Impact of Lobbyists and Contributors | p. 320 |
Think Tanks | p. 321 |
Selected Resources | p. 323 |
Missing Tools | p. 324 |
Legacy of Reform Proposals | p. 324 |
Recommended New Tools | p. 328 |
New Organizations and Capabilities | p. 329 |
New Processes | p. 332 |
New Emphases and Priorities | p. 333 |
Impediments to Reform | p. 335 |
Mistakes | p. 335 |
Entrenched Interests | p. 336 |
Genuine Dilemmas | p. 337 |
Lack of Resources | p. 338 |
Warning Lessons | p. 338 |
The Changing Foreign Policy Toolkit | p. 339 |
Notes | p. 343 |
Index | p. 365 |
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