Decisions and dilemmas: case studies in presidential foreign policy making since 1945
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Main Author: Strong, Robert A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon Routledge 2015
Edition:Second edition
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Item Description: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
1. Truman and the Hiroshima bomb -- 2. Eisenhower and arms control -- 3. Kennedy, Johnson, and Southeast Asia -- 4. Nixon, Ford, and the era of d©♭tente -- 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
ISBN:9781317473268
1317473264

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