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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811473403321

Autore

Strong Robert A. <1948-, >

Titolo

Decisions and dilemmas : case studies in presidential foreign policy making since 1945 / / Robert A. Strong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

0-7656-1578-9

1-315-70524-9

1-317-47326-4

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

327.73/009/045

327.73009045

Soggetti

United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 Decision making Case studies

United States Foreign relations 1989-1993 Decision making Case studies

United States Foreign relations 1993-2001 Decision making Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2005 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 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 DeĢtente; 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

Sommario/riassunto

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, to George W. Bush's responses to international terrorism in the wake of 9/11. Each chapter includes essential background information, a chronology of events, and primary source documents. Through al