02470nam 22005411 450 991100843100332120240123195543.01-5443-3109-61-5443-0871-X1-4833-0155-91-4833-2100-2(CKB)4330000000042194(OCoLC)1023627278(CaToSAGE)SAGE000003014(MiAaPQ)EBC5165177(PPN)234757019(MiAaPQ)EBC1994793(Au-PeEL)EBL1994793(OCoLC)958506690(EXLCZ)99433000000004219420180104d2014 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentstirdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican foreign policy and political ambition /James Lee Ray, Vanderbilt UniversitySecond edition.Washington D.C. :Sage/CQ Press,[2014]1 online resource (468 pages) illustrations1-60871-680-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.In his eagerly-awaited second edition, Ray revisits his deceptively simple premise that the highest priority of leaders is to stay in power. Looking at how political ambition and domestic pressures impact foreign policymaking is the key to understanding how and why foreign policy decisions are made. The text begins by using this analytic approach to look at the history of foreign policymaking and then examines how various parties inside and outside government influence decision making. In a unique third section, the book takes a regional approach, not only covering trends other books tend to miss, but giving students the opportunity to think comprehensively about how issues intersect around the globe--from human security and democratization, to globalization and pollution. Guided by input from adopters and reviewers, ...AmbitionHistoryUnited StatesForeign relationsUnited StatesForeign relationsSourcesUnited StatesForeign relationsPhilosophyAmbitionHistory.327.73Ray James Lee1827272CaToSAGECaToSAGEUtOrBLWBOOK9911008431003321American foreign policy and political ambition4395377UNINA