LEADER 02591oam 2200589I 450 001 9910788029003321 005 20230807204925.0 010 $a1-317-47719-7 010 $a0-7656-1199-6 010 $a1-315-70655-5 010 $a1-317-47720-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315706559 035 $a(CKB)2670000000596116 035 $a(EBL)1974474 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001423450 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12530955 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001423450 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11440146 035 $a(PQKB)11140061 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1974474 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1974474 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11021033 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL729535 035 $a(OCoLC)923711307 035 $a(OCoLC)905856246 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000596116 100 $a20180706e20152005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican foreign policy since the Vietnam War $ethe search for consensus from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush /$fRichard A. Melanson 205 $aFourth edition. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (432 p.) 300 $aFirst published 2005 by M.E. Sharpe. 311 $a0-7656-1198-8 311 $a1-322-98253-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 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. 330 $aThis 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 initiat 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989- 676 $a327.73/009/045 700 $aMelanson$b Richard A.$0472254 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788029003321 996 $aAmerican foreign policy since the Vietnam War$9231484 997 $aUNINA