Download or read book Seven Sins of American Foreign Policy written by Loch K. Johnson and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The empathy that flooded into America from around the globe after 9/11 has faded, and now America is arguably more unpopular that it has ever been. As global anti-Americanism threatens the modern world, Loch Johnson explains how the U.S. has drifted away from the principles that made it a highly regarded global leader at the end of the Second World War. Seven Sins of American Foreign Policy explores the negative worldwide attitudes toward the U.S., identifying how the antipathy runs much deeper than American political leaders' response to the 9/11 attacks. Johnson's compelling insight isolates seven key foreign policy issues that are at the root of America's problematic global image, causing an alarming loss of allies across the globe: Ignorance Veneration of the president Militarism Unilateralism Isolationism Lack of empathy Arrogance
Download or read book The History of American Foreign Policy from 1895 written by Jerald A. Combs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important text offers a clear, concise and affordable narrative and analytical history of American foreign policy since the Spanish-American War. The book narrates events and policies but goes further to emphasize the international setting and constraints within which American policy-makers had to operate, the domestic pressures on those policy-makers, and the ideologies, preferences, and personal idiosyncrasies of the leaders themselves.
Download or read book Two Hundred Years of American Foreign Policy written by William P. Bundy and published by New York : Council on Foreign Relations Book : published by New York University Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven historical articles contain interpretations of and reflections on two centuries of American foreign policy and call attention to changing national perceptions and attitudes.
Download or read book American Foreign Policy Since 1900 written by Thomas G. Paterson and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the latest edition of a major work on the history of American foreign policy. The volume reflects the revisionism prevalent in the field but offers balanced accounts. Changes from the earlier edition include a reworked final chapter featuring new material on the Reagan Administration and the nuclear arms race, and an expanded coverage of the 1865-1895 period. It contains numerous illustrations: photographs, graphs and charts, maps, and contemporary cartoons. ISBN 0-669-12664-0 (pbk.): $14.50.
Download or read book The History of American Foreign Policy written by Jerald A. Combs and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Making of US Foreign Policy written by John Dumbrell and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and updated, this new edition analyses the relationship between the process and substance of US foreign policy since the mid 1960s.
Download or read book A Citizen s Guide to American Foreign Policy written by David Patrick Houghton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American foreign policy often looks like a trail of man-made debris and disaster. Of course, the explanations for many poorly-made decisions are rather complex. In this brief and cogent analysis, Houghton shows us that understanding American foreign policy often comes down to recognizing the cognitive limitations of the decision-makers, which affects the foreign policy process. Then there is the nature of the decisions themselves. Quite a few decisions in American foreign policy involve ‘tragic’ choices, where leaders are effectively confronted with a series of progressively bad or uncomfortable options. And it is equally clear that some policies are not the product of any one individual’s preferences, but emerge as a consequence of the way in which complex modern governments with large bureaucracies operate. Written with the interested layperson in mind, as well as students of international affairs, this Citizen’s Guide to American Foreign Policy asks questions like, "Why do presidents so often do things which seem to be directly against the national interests of the United States – not just in retrospect, but even at the time?" "Why do there seem to be so many fiascoes in US foreign policy?" "Why does Congress sometimes tie the hands of the president in foreign affairs?" "Why do presidents seem to respond more to opinion polls or to what’s on CNN and Fox News than they do to the core interests of the United States?" Houghton’s overview helps us see past the partisan in-fighting that too often obscures the central issues in foreign affairs. This is vital, required reading for all readers who wish to better understand America’s involvement in the world.
Download or read book American Foreign Policy and Process written by James M. McCormick and published by Wadsworth. This book was released on 1992 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND PROCESS (WITH INFOTRAC) is a comprehensive text that uses values and beliefs to organize the topic of foreign policy. The book portrays the way values and beliefs about foreign policy have changed over the course of U.S. history and how foreign policy has changed from its earliest years through the post-9/11 years and beyond.
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of American Foreign Policy written by Steven W. Hook and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of American Foreign Policy brings together leading experts in the field to examine current trends in the way scholars study the history and theories of American conduct in the world, analysis of state and non-state actors and their tools in conducting policy, and the dynamics of a variety of pressing transnational challenges facing the United States.
Download or read book US Foreign Policy in World History written by David Ryan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: US Foreign Policy in World History is a survey of US foreign relations and its perceived crusade to spread liberty and democracy in the two hundred years since the American Revolution. David Ryan undertakes a systematic and material analysis of US foreign policy, whilst also explaining the policymakers' grand ideas, ideologies and constructs that have shaped US diplomacy. US Foreign Policy explores these arguments by taking a thematic approach structured around central episodes and ideas in the history of US foreign relations and policy making, including: * The Monroe Doctrine, its philisophical goals and impact * Imperialism and expansionism * Decolonization and self-determination * the Cold War * Third World development * the Soviet 'evil empire', the Sandinistas and the 'rogue' regime of Saddam Hussein * the place of goal for economic integration within foreign affairs.
Download or read book An Interpretive History of American Foreign Relations written by Wayne S. Cole and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Culture of Deference written by Festus Ugboaja Ohaegbulam and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2007 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explores the culture of deference by the legislative branch to the executive branch on foreign policy issues, particularly regarding the George W. Bush administration's rush to war in Iraq in 2003. By authorizing President Bush to go to war in Iraq at his own discretion in its October 2002 resolution, the 107th Congress abdicated its constitutional responsibility and its members failed to honor their oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States. Although the "war powers" are constitutionally those of Congress, historically presidents have engaged in war making and Congress has with limited success attempted to curb such war making. This book traces how this culture of deference to the chief executive on war making evolved and how, especially in the case of Iraq, it has adversely affected the interests of the nation, its constitutional framework, and its position in the world. This book will serve as an excellent text for courses on U.S. foreign policy, U.S. diplomatic history, and the role of Congress."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The Unilateralist Temptation in American Foreign Policy written by David Skidmore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pattern of multilateral engagement and unilateral retrenchment in American foreign policy from the Cold War through the Clinton, Bush, and Obama years presents a puzzle. What accounts for the unilateralist turn? Is it a passing aberration attributable to the neoconservative ideology of the Bush administration? What then of the disengagement evident earlier during Clinton’s presidency, or its continuation under Obama? Was the U.S. investment in multilateral institutions following World War II an anomaly? Or is the more recent retreat from international institutions the irregularity? Skidmore traces U.S. unilateralism to the structural effects of the end of the Cold War, both domestically and abroad, to argue that the United States was more hegemonic than multilateralist—a rule-maker, not a rule-taker. An "institutional bargain" existed under the Cold War threat from the Soviets, but absent those imperatives the United States has been less willing to provide collective goods through strong international institutions and other states are less willing to defer to U.S. exemptions. On the home front, the post-Cold War political environment has made it more difficult for presidents to resist the appeals of powerful interests who are threatened by multilateral commitments. This book demonstrates that American unilateralism has deeper roots and more resilience than many expect. The unilateral temptation can only be overcome through new political bargains domestically and internationally that permit multilateral engagement, even the absence of great power rivalry.
Download or read book U S Foreign Policy and the Politics of Apology written by Loramy Gerstbauer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acts of contrition and transitional justice—admission of wrong, apology, and reparations—have become fashionable in the discourse of international affairs. Using a case-study approach that inspires student discussion of concrete examples, this text addresses important questions about the politics of apology in relation to some of the most controversial cases of US foreign policy over the past fifty years: Vietnam, Nicaragua, and the most recent war in Iraq. Loramy Gerstbauer offers an original, transdisciplinary, and accessible argument for the practical value of contrition, forgiveness, and reconciliation in international relations while examining why the United States has been a less than contrite nation and offering a prescription for how to change this state of affairs.
Download or read book American foreign policy written by Henry Kissinger and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Civilization written by David Mauk and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighth edition of the hugely successful American Civilization offers students the perfect background and introductory information on contemporary American life, examining the central dimensions of American society from geography and the environment to government and politics, religion, education, sports, media and the arts. Fully and comprehensively updated throughout with regard to events, processes, attitudes and major figures in society, culture and politics in the United States, this new edition brings the book up to date through: coverage of recent events including the 2020 US election and 2021 presidential inauguration; revised chapters on geography, women and minorities, and the media that incorporate more information on such themes as environmental legislation, the LGBTQ+ community, social media and people, all key themes in the study of American culture and society; the introduction of "topical studies" that connect small case studies to apposite illustrations to highlight key subjects within the field; and the inclusion of more discussion questions that require analysis and the use of evidence to substantiate argumentation to enable students to develop their own essay responses to typical questions that they may be asked. Supported by exercises and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, a substantial chronology that covers key events in the history of the United States and a fully integrated companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/mauk), the textbook remains an essential introduction to American civilization, culture and society for American Studies students.
Download or read book Clinton s Grand Strategy written by James D. Boys and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: President Clinton's time in office coincided with historic global events following the end of the Cold War. The collapse of Communism called for a new US Grand Strategy to address the emerging geopolitical era that brought upheavals in Somalia and the Balkans, economic challenges in Mexico and Europe and the emergence of new entities such as the EU, NAFTA and the WTO. Clinton's handling of these events was crucial to the development of world politics at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Only by understanding Clinton's efforts to address the challenges of the post-Cold War era can we understand the strategies of his immediate successors, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, both of whom inherited and continued Clinton-era policies and practices. James D. Boys sheds new light on the evolution and execution of US Grand Strategy from 1993 to 2001. He explores the manner in which policy was devised and examines the actors responsible for its development, including Bill Clinton, Anthony Lake, Samuel Berger, Warren Christopher, Madeline Albright and Richard Holbrook. He examines the core components of the strategy (National Security, Prosperity Promotion and Democracy Promotion) and how they were implemented, revealing a hitherto unexplored continuity from campaign trail to the White House. Covering the entire duration of Clinton's presidential odyssey, from his 1991 Announcement Speech to his final day in office, the book draws extensively on newly declassified primary materials and interviews by the author with key members of the Clinton administration to reveal for the first time the development and implementation of US Grand Strategy from deep within the West Wing of the Clinton White House.
