1st Edition
The President, the State and the Cold War Comparing the foreign policies of Truman and Reagan
By James Bilsland
Copyright 2015
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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US foreign policy during the Cold War has been analysed from a number of perspectives, generating large bodies of literature attempting to explain its origins, its development and its conclusion. However, there are still many questions left only partially explained. In large part this is because these accounts restrict themselves to a single level of analysis, either the international system, or... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The President, the Presidency and US Foreign Policy 3. Truman’s Worldview and the Origins of Containment in Greece and Turkey 4. Truman’s Management Style and the Korean War 5. Reagan’s Worldview and Management Style 6. Reagan and Nicaragua 7. Comparison of Truman and Reagan 8. Conclusion
Biography
James Bilsland recently completed his PhD at the University of Glasgow and is currently a member of the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University.
