American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition
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American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition

  1. 496 pages
  2. English
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American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition

About this book

In his eagerly-awaited second edition, Ray revisits his deceptively simple premise that the highest priority of leaders is to stay in power. Looking at how political ambition and domestic pressures impact foreign policymaking is the key to understanding how and why foreign policy decisions are made. The text begins by using this analytic approach to look at the history of foreign policymaking and then examines how various parties inside and outside government influence decision making. In a unique third section, the book takes a regional approach, not only covering trends other books tend to miss, but giving students the opportunity to think comprehensively about how issues intersect around the globe—from human security and democratization, to globalization and pollution.

Guided by input from adopters and reviewers, Ray has thoroughly re-organized the book and streamlined some coverage to better consolidate the historical, institutional, regional, and topical chapters and focus the thematic lens of the book. Ray has also brought the book fully up-to-date, addressing the latest events in American foreign policy, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the killing of Bin Laden, the WikiLeaks scandal and its aftermath, the impact of social media on foreign policy and world affairs, nuclear proliferation, developments in U.S.-Russian relations, climate change, and more.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Illustration List
  8. Regional Maps
  9. Preface
  10. About the Author
  11. Part I: Laying the Foundation: The Importance, the History, and Competing Theories of American Foreign Policy
  12. Chapter 1 The Impacts of American Foreign Policy
  13. Chapter 2 Analyzing Modern American Foreign Policy: Competing Approaches
  14. Chapter 3 The Past as Prologue: American Foreign Policy from the American Revolution through World War II
  15. Chapter 4 The Cold War
  16. Part II Foreign Policy Processes—Inside and Outside the Government
  17. Chapter 5 The President and Congress
  18. Chapter 6 Government Agencies, Economic Issues, and Foreign Policy
  19. Chapter 7 The Impact of Extragovernmental Factors on American Foreign Policy: Political Parties, Interest Groups, the Mass Media, and Public Opinion
  20. Part III U.S. Foreign Policy in Regional Contexts
  21. Chapter 8 The United States and Europe: A Parting of the Ways?
  22. Chapter 9 Inter-American Relations
  23. Chapter 10 The United States and Sub-Saharan Africa
  24. Chapter 11 The United States in Asia: The Coming Clash with China?
  25. Chapter 12 The United States, Israel, and Its Neighbors
  26. Chapter 13 The U.S. Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: Their Origins (and Legality)
  27. Chapter 14 The Evolution and Conclusion of the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
  28. Part IV The Future: Threats and Possibilities
  29. Chapter 15 U.S. Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century
  30. References
  31. Glossary
  32. For Further Research
  33. References
  34. References
  35. References
  36. References
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  48. References
  49. References
  50. References
  51. Photo Credits
  52. Index