American Foreign Policy

Past, Present, and Future, Twelfth Edition

Glenn P. Hastedt

The twelfth edition of American Foreign Policy comes at a time when Donald Trump’s presidency is breaking away from many of the traditional foundation points in American foreign policy in terms of how foreign policy is made and its content. The results have pleased some and angered others but almost uniformly raised political tensions at home and abroad.

This text does not try to present students with an answer on how best to move American foreign policy forward. Rather, it is designed to help students cultivate the critical thinking skills they need to develop their own answers and participate in current and future debates about the conduct and content of U.S. foreign policy.

New to this Edition

The twelfth edition introduces students to key facets of Trump’s foreign policy style and the content of his decisions. It adds to the previous edition more extensive discussions of China trade policy, the conflict with Iran, relations with Russia, U.S. involvement in Africa, and arms control talks with North Korea, as well as providing a foundation for understanding the Congressional move to impeachment.

Critical Thinking Features

Dateline sections open each chapter and introduces students to the material via a short contemporary case study
Historical Lessons provides a historical context for students to understand current U.S. foreign policy issues and is linked to the Dateline feature
Over the Horizon sections conclude each chapter with a speculative view to the future to spur student thinking about how American foreign policy might evolve in the coming years

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 440 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-5381-3612-6 • Paperback • February 2020 • $79.00 • (£52.95)

978-1-5381-3613-3 • eBook • February 2020 • $75.00 • (£49.95)

Subjects: Political Science / Public Policy / Military Policy, Political Science / American Foreign Policy

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Past, Present, and Future, Twelfth Edition

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The twelfth edition of American Foreign Policy comes at a time when Donald Trump’s presidency is breaking away from many of the traditional foundation points in American foreign policy in terms of how foreign policy is made and its content. The results have pleased some and angered others but almost uniformly raised political tensions at home and abroad.

This text does not try to present students with an answer on how best to move American foreign policy forward. Rather, it is designed to help students cultivate the critical thinking skills they need to develop their own answers and participate in current and future debates about the conduct and content of U.S. foreign policy.

New to this Edition

The twelfth edition introduces students to key facets of Trump’s foreign policy style and the content of his decisions. It adds to the previous edition more extensive discussions of China trade policy, the conflict with Iran, relations with Russia, U.S. involvement in Africa, and arms control talks with North Korea, as well as providing a foundation for understanding the Congressional move to impeachment.

Critical Thinking Features
- Dateline sections open each chapter and introduces students to the material via a short contemporary case study
- Historical Lessons provides a historical context for students to understand current U.S. foreign policy issues and is linked to the Dateline feature
- Over the Horizon sections conclude each chapter with a speculative view to the future to spur student thinking about how American foreign policy might evolve in the coming years

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 440 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-5381-3612-6 • Paperback • February 2020 • $79.00 • (£52.95)

978-1-5381-3613-3 • eBook • February 2020 • $75.00 • (£49.95)

Subjects: Political Science / Public Policy / Military Policy, Political Science / American Foreign Policy

Author

Glenn Hastedt holds a Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University. Formerly the chair of the political science department at James Madison University, he is now professor and chair of the justice studies department. He is coauthor of the forthcoming text, Introduction to International Politics: Global Challenges and Policy Responses, publishing in September at R&L. He has been teaching American foreign policy and international relations for over thirty years.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Defining American Foreign Policy Problems
2. The Global Context
3. The American National Style
4. Learning from the Past
5. Society
6. Congress
7. Presidency
8. Bureaucracy
9. Policy-Making Models
10. Diplomacy
11. Economic Instruments
12. Military Instruments: Big Wars
13. Military Instruments: Small Wars
14. Alternative Futures
Glossary
Notes
Index

Reviews

[The] scope of the book is very thorough. It offers students insight into events that are easily overlooked in history classes.
— Edin Mujkic, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

[The book is] strongly grounded in empirical data while including sound descriptions of relevant theories and scholarly approaches to the study of American foreign policy.
— Rita Peters, Harvard University

American Foreign Policy

Past, Present, and Future, Twelfth Edition

Glenn P. Hastedt

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Past, Present, and Future, Twelfth Edition

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