LEADER 02873oam 2200589I 450 001 9910464021803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7656-1578-9 010 $a1-315-70524-9 010 $a1-317-47326-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315705248 035 $a(CKB)2670000000617557 035 $a(EBL)2055043 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001481697 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12610372 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001481697 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11522607 035 $a(PQKB)10407174 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3569129 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3569129 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11056272 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL787715 035 $a(OCoLC)929508618 035 $a(OCoLC)910069768 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000617557 100 $a20180706e20152005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDecisions and dilemmas $ecase studies in presidential foreign policy making since 1945 /$fRobert A. Strong 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 300 $aFirst published 2005 by M.E. Sharpe. 311 $a1-317-47327-2 311 $a0-7656-1577-0 327 $aCover; 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 De?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 330 $aThis 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 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989$xDecision making$vCase studies 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989-1993$xDecision making$vCase studies 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1993-2001$xDecision making$vCase studies 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a327.73/009/045 700 $aStrong$b Robert A.$f1948-,$0860378 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464021803321 996 $aDecisions and dilemmas$91919700 997 $aUNINA