02595oam 2200589I 450 991046371040332120200520144314.00-7656-1199-61-315-70655-51-317-47720-010.4324/9781315706559 (CKB)2670000000596116(EBL)1974474(SSID)ssj0001423450(PQKBManifestationID)12530955(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001423450(PQKBWorkID)11440146(PQKB)11140061(MiAaPQ)EBC1974474(Au-PeEL)EBL1974474(CaPaEBR)ebr11021033(CaONFJC)MIL729535(OCoLC)923711307(OCoLC)905856246(EXLCZ)99267000000059611620180706e20152005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican foreign policy since the Vietnam War the search for consensus from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush /Richard A. MelansonFourth edition.London ;New York :Routledge,2015.1 online resource (432 p.)First published 2005 by M.E. Sharpe.0-7656-1198-8 1-322-98253-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. The rise and fall of the Cold War consensus -- part 2. American foreign policy after Vietnam -- part 3. The post-Cold War interlude -- part 4. The global war on terror -- part 5. Conclusions.This book integrates the study of presidential politics and foreign policy-making from the Vietnam aftermath to the events following September 11 and the Iraqi War. Focusing on the relationship between presidents' foreign policy agendas and domestic politics, it offers compelling portraits of presidents Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and Bush II. In the course of comparing the efforts of these presidents to articulate a clear conception of the national interest and to forge a foreign policy consensus, the author shows the key role of public opinion in constraining presidential initiatUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989United StatesForeign relations1989-Electronic books.327.73/009/045Melanson Richard A.472254FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910463710403321American foreign policy since the Vietnam War231484UNINA