Enemies of the American way : identity and presidential foreign policymaking / / David Bell Mislan

• Autore: Mislan David Bell
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Continuum, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.73
• Soggetto topico: International relations - Psychological aspects; Presidents - United States - Decision making
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations Decision making Case studies; United States Foreign relations Decision making
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-221) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Rule-based identity and threat identification -- Alternate approaches to explaining threat identification -- Grover Cleveland and enemies of the American way -- Benjamin Harrison and enemies of the American way -- William Mckinley and enemies of the American way -- Identity and threat in the post-Cold War era.
• Sommario/riassunto: "Why do presidents, when facing the same circumstances, focus on different threats to national security? Enemies of the American Way attempts to answer this question by investigating the role of identity in presidential decision making. The book explains why presidents disagree on what constitute a threat to the US security via the study of three US presidencies in the 19th century (Cleveland, Harrison and McKinley). These case studies help draw a theory of threat identification to understand how and why specific actions are taken, including the decision to wage war. Using a constructivist approach, the book develops a rule-based identity theory to posit that American identity defines potential national security threats, i.e., how a policymaker defines Americans also defines the threats to Americans. Enemies of the American Way offers a new means of understanding a key period when America rose to prominence in international relations while proposing a template that can be used to explain American foreign policy today. It will appeal to students of international relations and foreign policy."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
• Titolo autorizzato: Enemies of the American way
• ISBN: 1-4411-8884-3; 1-5013-0095-4; 1-283-73582-2; 1-4411-7554-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786497603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II