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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813622903321

Autore

Holmes Jack E.

Titolo

The mood/interest theory of American foreign policy / / Jack E. Holmes ; with a foreword by Frank L. Klingberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1985

©1985

ISBN

0-8131-8205-0

0-8131-6351-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

Public opinion - United States - History

United States Foreign relations

United States Foreign relations Public opinion History

United States History Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. [222]-225.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1. Liberalism, Moods, and American Foreign Policy; 2. Alternate Methodologies and Foreign Policy Concepts; 3. American Foreign Policy Interests: Their Moody Relation to Policy; 4. Mood/Interest Pluralism; 5. American Introversion; 6. Conclusion; Tables; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

In 1952, Frank L. Klingberg's article on introvert and extrovert American foreign policy moods projected an American turn toward introversion in the late 1960's. After this came to pass, Jack Holmes began to develop a theory of how these moods might work in a more specific sense. His mood/interest theory points to a basic conflict between politico-military interests and the foreign policy moods of the American electorate. Holmes presents a pioneering account of the over-whelming impact of public moods on foreign policy. Policy-making structures, executive-legislative relations, presidential...