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James M. McCormick is professor of political science at Iowa State University.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy
Part I: The Societal Environment
1. Liberal Internationalism: Why Woodrow Wilson Matters, byTony Smith
2. Conservative Realism, by Colin Dueck
3. Conservative Internationalism: An Alternative to Realism and Liberal Internationalism, by Henry R. Nau
4. The Israel Lobby, by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
5. American Veterans in Government and the Use of Force, by Peter D. Feaver and Christopher Gelpi
6. Events, Elites, and American Public Support for Military Conflict, by Adam J. Berinsky
7. How Media Limit Accountability in Foreign Policy-making, by Robert Entman
8. Foreign Policy Beliefs Among Leaders and the Public, byDina Smeltz, Craig Kafura, Joshua W. Busby, Jonathan Monten and Jordan Tama
Part II: The Institutional Setting
9. Person and Office: Presidents, the Presidency, and Foreign Policy, byMichael Nelson
10. Presidential Wars: Understanding their Causes and Costs, byLouis Fisher
11. How National Security Advisers See Their Role, by Ivo H. Daalder and I. M. (Mac) Destler
12. The Shifting Pendulum of Power: Executive-Legislative Relations on American Foreign Policy, by James M. Lindsay
13. American Diplomacy at Risk by The American Academy of Diplomacy
14. The Urgent Need for Defense Reform by Michèle A. Flournoy
15. Why Intelligence and Policymakers Clash, by Robert Jervis
16. American Trade Policymaking: A Unique Process, byI. M. (Mac) Destler
Part III: Decision-Makers and Their Policymaking Positions
17. How Could Vietnam Happen? An Autopsy, byJames C. Thomson Jr.
18. Sources of Humanitarian Intervention: Beliefs, Information, and Advocacy in U.S. Decisions on Somalia and Bosnia, by Jon Western
19. NATO Expansion: The Anatomy of a Decision, by James M. Goldgeier
20. President Bush and the Invasion of Iraq: Presidential Leadership and Thwarted Goals
by James P. Pfiffner
21. Obama’s Decision making Style, by Fred Kaplan
Index
About the Editor and Contributors
- The first three chapters offer new perspectives on grand strategies.
- New case studies include the roles that media and public opinion play in foreign policy-making, an investigation of President George W. Bush’s initiation of the Iraq War, and a review of President Obama’s decision-making style in foreign policy.
- Brief introductions written by the editor frame each thematic section and situate the volume within the larger study of American foreign policy.
- Focuses on institutions as well as individual decision-makers.