Advanced Introduction to American Foreign Policy
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Advanced Introduction to American Foreign Policy

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Advanced Introduction to American Foreign Policy

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Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Providing a comprehensive account of America's constitutional framework, this Advanced Introduction examines how U.S officials carry out America's foreign policy objectives through diplomacy, trade agreements, secretive covert actions, and the use of military force. Loch K. Johnson delivers an invigorating examination of ethical and legal aspects of American foreign policy as well as providing a new perspective on topics such as domestic politics, diplomacy and policymaking.Key Features include: • Analysis of the international setting for U.S. foreign policy activities• Examination of foreign policy decision making from domestic, individual and international settings• Discussion of the relationship between the United States and other nations, international organizations, and various global factions.Concise and timely, this Advanced Introduction will be a beneficial read to foreign policy, American studies and international relations students and researchers. This will also be a key resource for military academies and organizations seeking a better understanding of the position of the United States in global affairs.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. PART I Introduction
  6. 1 The United States as a world power
  7. 2 An analytic framework
  8. PART II The influences of history
  9. 3 The formative years of American foreign policy
  10. 4 Cold War
  11. 5 American foreign policy in a fractious world
  12. PART III The making of foreign policy
  13. 6 The constitutional framework
  14. 7 Institutional conflict and cooperation
  15. 8 The human dimension
  16. PART IV The instruments of foreign policy
  17. 9 Intelligence collection-and-analysis
  18. 10 Diplomacy
  19. 11 War
  20. 12 Covert action
  21. 13 Economic statec
  22. 14 Moral and cultural suasion
  23. PART V The challenges ahead
  24. 15 A new American foreign policy
  25. Index