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Autore: |
Strong Robert A. <1948-, >
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Titolo: |
Decisions and dilemmas : case studies in presidential foreign policy making since 1945 / / Robert A. Strong
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
Edizione: | Second edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina: | 327.73/009/045 |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 Decision making Case studies |
United States Foreign relations 1989-1993 Decision making Case studies | |
United States Foreign relations 1993-2001 Decision making Case studies | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | First published 2005 by M.E. Sharpe. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; 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 Détente; 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | This 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Decisions and dilemmas ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-7656-1578-9 |
1-315-70524-9 | |
1-317-47326-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910464021803321 |
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