American Foreign Policy and Process
This comprehensive text provides a thorough analysis of the values and beliefs that have shaped American foreign policy, exploring how they have evolved over time. Through exploration of presidential administrations from the end of World War II to the present day, American Foreign Policy and Process provides an extensive comparison of policymaking processes during the Cold War, after Vietnam, and after 9/11. This new edition provides an up-to-date evaluation of the Trump and Biden administrations, including updates to reflect the current changes in the actions of important domestic foreign policy institutions. A series of chapters provides assessments of the role of governmental actors and non-governmental actors in affecting the direction of foreign policy. Through the use of supportive maps, key documents, figures, and tables, students will examine the history of American foreign policy and how it has evolved over time, with emphasis on comparing the changing approaches of administrations from Nixon through Biden.
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American Foreign Policy and Process
This comprehensive text provides a thorough analysis of the values and beliefs that have shaped American foreign policy, exploring how they have evolved over time. Through exploration of presidential administrations from the end of World War II to the present day, American Foreign Policy and Process provides an extensive comparison of policymaking processes during the Cold War, after Vietnam, and after 9/11. This new edition provides an up-to-date evaluation of the Trump and Biden administrations, including updates to reflect the current changes in the actions of important domestic foreign policy institutions. A series of chapters provides assessments of the role of governmental actors and non-governmental actors in affecting the direction of foreign policy. Through the use of supportive maps, key documents, figures, and tables, students will examine the history of American foreign policy and how it has evolved over time, with emphasis on comparing the changing approaches of administrations from Nixon through Biden.
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American Foreign Policy and Process

American Foreign Policy and Process

by James M. McCormick
American Foreign Policy and Process

American Foreign Policy and Process

by James M. McCormick

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This comprehensive text provides a thorough analysis of the values and beliefs that have shaped American foreign policy, exploring how they have evolved over time. Through exploration of presidential administrations from the end of World War II to the present day, American Foreign Policy and Process provides an extensive comparison of policymaking processes during the Cold War, after Vietnam, and after 9/11. This new edition provides an up-to-date evaluation of the Trump and Biden administrations, including updates to reflect the current changes in the actions of important domestic foreign policy institutions. A series of chapters provides assessments of the role of governmental actors and non-governmental actors in affecting the direction of foreign policy. Through the use of supportive maps, key documents, figures, and tables, students will examine the history of American foreign policy and how it has evolved over time, with emphasis on comparing the changing approaches of administrations from Nixon through Biden.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781009278584
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/02/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 8 MB

About the Author

James M. McCormick, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, taught at Iowa State University for over four decades. He has published American Foreign Policy and Process (six editions), co-edited The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy (seven editions), and has had articles published in World Politics, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, and many more. He has been the recipient of numerous academic awards, including the ISU Foundation Award for Outstanding Research, Fulbright Senior Award, and the ISU International Service Award.

Table of Contents

List of figures; List of maps; List of tables; Documents and document summaries; __ Preface; Part I. Values and Policies in American Foreign Affairs; 1. America's traditions in foreign policy; 2. America's global involvement and the emergence of the Cold War; 3. After the missile crisis and the Vietnam War: realism and liberalism in foreign policy; 4. The return and end of the Cold War: the Reagan and Bush administrations; 5. Foreign policy after the Cold War and 9/11: the Clinton and Bush administrations; 6. Changing foreign policy directions: the Obama and Trump administrations; 7. A foreign policy of restoration? The Biden administration; Part II. The Process of Policy Making; 8. The President and the making of foreign policy; 9. Congressional prerogatives and the making of foreign policy; 10. The diplomatic and economic bureaucracies: duplication or specialization?; 11. The military and intelligence bureaucracies: pervasive or accountable?; 12. Political parties, bipartisanship, and interest groups; 13. The media, public opinion, and the foreign policy process; Part III. Conclusion; 14. American foreign policy values and the future; Index
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