American Foreign Policy Since The Vietnam War

Author : Richard A Melanson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315292793

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American Foreign Policy Since the Vietnam War by Richard A Melanson Pdf

A revealing look at presidential politics and foreign policy-making from the aftermath of Vietnam to the NATO intervention in Kosovo. The book illuminates the relationship between presidents' domestic and foreign policy priorities and the key role of public opinion in constraining presidential initiatives, particularly the ability of a president to use military force overseas. In case studies ranging from the invasion of Grenada through the Gulf War and the dilemmas of Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo, Melanson provides compelling portraits of presidents Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton, and their different efforts to forge a foreign policy consensus.

Author : Richard A. Melanson
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0765611988

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American Foreign Policy Since the Vietnam War by Richard A. Melanson Pdf

This book integrates the study of presidential politics and foreign policy-making from the Vietnam aftermath to the events following September 11 and the Iraqi War. Focusing on the relationship between presidents' foreign policy agendas and domestic politics, it offers compelling portraits of presidents Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and Bush II. In the course of comparing the efforts of these presidents to articulate a clear conception of the national interest and to forge a foreign policy consensus, the author shows the key role of public opinion in constraining presidential initiatives, in particular the decision to use military force overseas. Never more timely, this popular text is appropriate for courses in U.S. foreign policy, the presidency, or contemporary U.S. politics.

Author : Richard A. Melanson
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : United States
ISBN : 0312046510

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Reconstructing Consensus by Richard A. Melanson Pdf

Author : David F. Schmitz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780742570429

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Brent Scowcroft by David F. Schmitz Pdf

As National Security Advisor to President Gerald Ford, advisor to President Ronald Reagan, and as National Security Advisor to President George H. W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft was at the center of the ongoing debate over how to shape American foreign policy in the post-war world. As David F. Schmitz makes clear in his new biography, Scowcroft was a realist in his outlook on American foreign policy and an heir to the Cold War internationalism that had shaped that policy since 1945. The type of bi-partisan cooperation and internationalism that marked the pre-Vietnam War years served as Scowcroft's guide to how to defend American interests and promote U.S. values and institutions globally. While not always successful, Scowcroft provided a consistent internationalist voice in the midst of change.

Author : Michael P. Sullivan
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813164717

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The Vietnam War by Michael P. Sullivan Pdf

The war in Vietnam achieved almost none of the goals the American decision-makers formulated, and it cost more than 56,000 American lives. Yet, until recently, Americans have preferred to ignore the causes and consequences of this disaster by treating the war as an aberration in United States foreign policy, an unfortunate but unique mistake. What are the "lessons" of Vietnam? Many previous discussions have focused on narrow or misleading questions, rehashing military decisions, for example, or offering blow-by-blow accounts of Washington infighting, or castigating foreign-policy decision-makers. Michael Sullivan undertakes instead a broad and systematic treatment of the American experience in Vietnam, using a variety of theoretical perspectives to study several aspects of that experience, including the decision-making process and decision-makers' perceptions of the war; public opinion and "mood" before, during, and after the war; and the Vietnam War in relation to the Cold War and to power structures and patterns of violence in the international system. The major goal of The Vietnam War: A Study in the Making of American Policy is to show that the American experience, not only in Vietnam but elsewhere in the world, must be understood as an integral part of the processes of both American foreign policy and international politics. Sullivan demonstrates the importance of using a variety of empirical and quantitative evidence to study foreign policy and of relating a specific historical situation like the Vietnam War to broader theories of international relations.

Author : Jerald A Combs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317456407

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The History of American Foreign Policy from 1895 by Jerald A Combs Pdf

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.

Author : Richard Sobel
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Intervention (International law)
ISBN : UVA:X004634291

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The Impact of Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Policy Since Vietnam by Richard Sobel Pdf

This study examines the role that public attitudes have played over the last generation in the making of United States foreign policy. It focuses on four prominent foreign interventions: the Vietnam War, the Nicaraguan Contra funding controversy, the Persian Gulf War, and the Bosnia crisis.

Author : John Dumbrell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1996-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349250523

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American Foreign Policy by John Dumbrell Pdf

This book examines the history of US foreign policy since the Vietnam War. It focuses on four themes: the legacy of Vietnam; the ending and aftermath of the Cold War; the debate over American international decline; and the frequently undemocratic conduct of US foreign policy. The book considers alternative explanations for the Cold War's end. It evaluates the foreign policy leadership of Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton and assesses prospects for US foreign policy after the Cold War.

Author : Jussi M. Hanhimäki
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612345864

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The Rise and Fall of Détente by Jussi M. Hanhimäki Pdf

From Kennedy to Reagan.

Author : Philip J. Briggs
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0847679462

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Making American Foreign Policy by Philip J. Briggs Pdf

This text explores the struggle between the President and Congress to shape US foreign policy from World War II, through Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm, to the Clinton Administration's policy in Somalia. Case studies are included.

Author : Steven W. Hook,John Spanier
Publisher : CQ Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781506385624

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American Foreign Policy Since World War II by Steven W. Hook,John Spanier Pdf

The Gold Standard for Textbooks on American Foreign Policy American Foreign Policy Since World War II provides you with an understanding of America’s current challenges by exploring its historical experience as the world’s predominant power since World War II. Through this process of historical reflection and insight, you become better equipped to place the current problems of the nation’s foreign policy agenda into modern policy context. With each new edition, authors Steven W. Hook and John Spanier find that new developments in foreign policy conform to their overarching theme—there is an American “style” of foreign policy imbued with a distinct sense of national exceptionalism. This Twenty-First Edition continues to explore America’s unique national style with chapters that address the aftershocks of the Arab Spring and the revival of power politics. Additionally, an entirely new chapter devoted to the current administration discusses the implications of a changing American policy under the Trump presidency.

Author : Alan Dobson,Alan P. Dobson,Steve Marsh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134169436

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US Foreign Policy since 1945 by Alan Dobson,Alan P. Dobson,Steve Marsh Pdf

US Foreign Policy since 1945 is an essential introduction to postwar US foreign policy. It combines chronologic and thematic chapters to provide an historical account of US policy and to explore key questions about its design, control and effects. New features of this second edition include: expanded coverage of the Cold War new chapters on the post-Cold War era a chronology and a new conclusion that draws together key themes and looks to the future. Covering topics from American foreign policy-making, US power and democratic control, through to Cold War debates, economic warfare, WMDs and the war on terrorism, US Foreign Policy since 1945 is the ideal introduction to the topic for students of politics and international relations.

Author : David Horowitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041558417

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From Yalta to Vietnam by David Horowitz Pdf

Author : G. Simons
Publisher : Springer
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997-10-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230377677

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The Vietnam Syndrome by G. Simons Pdf

This book focuses on the 'Vietnam Syndrome' - the effects for the United States of the American defeat in the Vietnam War. It argues that a full understanding of the Syndrome requires a proper appreciation of key shaping elements in Vietnamese and American history. Attention is given to the racial genocide that attended the birth of the United States, to US imperialism and capitalism, and to the Cold War framework. The nature of America as a plutocracy is emphasised, followed by profiles of policy options and three specific issues: post-war Vietnam, El Salvador and Iraq.

Author : Andrew L. Johns,Mitchell B. Lerner
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813175751

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The Cold War at Home and Abroad by Andrew L. Johns,Mitchell B. Lerner Pdf

From President Truman's use of a domestic propaganda agency to Ronald Reagan's handling of the Soviet Union during his 1984 reelection campaign, the American political system has consistently exerted a profound effect on the country's foreign policies. Americans may cling to the belief that "politics stops at the water's edge," but the reality is that parochial political interests often play a critical role in shaping the nation's interactions with the outside world. In The Cold War at Home and Abroad: Domestic Politics and US Foreign Policy since 1945, editors Andrew L. Johns and Mitchell B. Lerner bring together eleven essays that reflect the growing methodological diversity that has transformed the field of diplomatic history over the past twenty years. The contributors examine a spectrum of diverse domestic factors ranging from traditional issues like elections and Congressional influence to less frequently studied factors like the role of religion and regionalism, and trace their influence on the history of US foreign relations since 1945. In doing so, they highlight influences and ideas that expand our understanding of the history of American foreign relations, and provide guidance and direction for both contemporary observers and those who shape the United States' role in the world. This expansive volume contains many lessons for politicians, policy makers, and engaged citizens as they struggle to implement a cohesive international strategy in the face of hyper-partisanship at home and uncertainty abroad.