2nd Edition
Decisions and Dilemmas Case Studies in Presidential Foreign Policy Making Since 1945
By Robert A. Strong
Copyright 2005
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book's unique combination of case studies and commentaries provides the basis for a systematic discussion of the role of individual leaders and complex institutions in U.S. foreign policy making. The case studies present routine and urgent, controversial and consensus-driven decisions in nine presidential administrations--"from Harry Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945,... Read more
Preface; 1. Truman and the Hiroshima Bomb; 2. Eisenhower and Arms Control; 3. Kennedy, Johnson and Southeast Asia; 4. Nixon, Ford, and the Era of Detente; 5. Carter and the Panama Canal Treaties; 6. Reagan and the Iran-Contra Affair; 7. George H.W. Bush and the Invasion of Panama; 8. Clinton and Northern Ireland; 9. George W. Bush and 9/11; Notes; Index
Biography
Robert A. Strong
