This book analyzes the evolving national interests of the United States within the context of a rapidly changing global environment. Donald E. Nuechterlein offers a detailed examination of America's political, economic, military, and ideological priorities, explaining how these interests shape foreign policy decisions. Through historical perspectives and contemporary issues, the book explores t…
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker brings together a wide range of interviews on these and other issues, recorded by the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training, with key players in the making and execution of U.S. policy towards China since World War II. Historical events such as Nixon's trip to China, the Tiananmen Massacre, and the recurring Taiwan Straits crises come to life as never before. Por…
The contents of this book: 1. The Foreign Policy Presidency: Power and Problems 2. The Development of the National Security Council System 3. The National Security Council System at the End of the Cold War 4. Congress and Foreign Policy, etc.
The book focuses on the basic assumptions of U.S. foreign policy makers, their concepts of the priority interests of the United States, their assessments of the threats to those interests, and their premises about the power of the United States to affect the international situation. The substance of these assumptions is shown to be a crucial determinant of the constancy as well as the change in…
There is at last a lucid, penetrating and comprehensive guidebook for U.S. policy in the Third World. And Richard Feinberg has written it. The Intemperate Zone displays encyclopedic knowledge at the command of a mind equally at home with strategic and moral issues. A gracefully written book for experts and amateurs alike