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American Politics

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Isolation and Engagement

Presidential Decision Making on China from Kennedy to Nixon

By William Waltman Newmann
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy, International Relations, American Politics

Personal presidential style profoundly affects China policy, both in and outside the administration

American Dove

US Foreign Policy and the Failure of Force

By Zachary Shirkey
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, American Politics, Conflict Resolution & Peace Studies

A framework for a moral grand strategy

More or Less Afraid of Nearly Everything

Homeland Security, Borders, and Disasters in the Twenty-First Century

By Ben Rohrbaugh
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, American Politics, Public Policy

An Insider’s Guide to Homeland Security

Secular Morality and International Security

American and British Decisions about War

By Maria Fanis
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, International Relations, Conflict Resolution & Peace Studies, Political History

The impact of national moral standards on international diplomacy

Treaty Politics and the Rise of Executive Agreements

International Commitments in a System of Shared Powers

By Glen S Krutz & Jeffrey S Peake
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, International Relations, Public Policy, Political Theory

Executive agreements offer both the president and Congress a more efficient way to conduct international affairs

Organizing for Foreign Policy Crises

Presidents, Advisers, and the Management of Decision Making

By Patrick J. Haney
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, American Politics

How Presidents use advisers in handling foreign policy crises

In the Land of Mirrors

Cuban Exile Politics in the United States

By Maria de los Angeles Torres
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Latin American Studies, American Politics, Comparative Politics

Reflects on changes in the politics of the Cuban exile community in the forty years since the Cuban revolution

Conflict, Security, Foreign Policy, and International Political Economy

Past Paths and Future Directions in International Studies

Edited by Michael Brecher & Frank P. Harvey
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, American Politics

Public Opinion and American Foreign Policy, Revised Edition

By Ole Rudolf Holsti
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, International Relations
Series: Analytical Perspectives on Politics

A thoroughly revised version of this essential text, incorporating a wealth of new material on American foreign policy since 9/11

America at Risk

Threats to Liberal Self-Government in an Age of Uncertainty

Edited by Robert Faulkner & Susan M. Shell
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, American Studies, Public Policy, Political Behavior and Public Opinion, International Relations
Series: Contemporary Political and Social Issues

A group of eminent thinkers and writers address the question, what are some of the greatest dangers facing America today?

Compound Dilemmas

Democracy, Collective Action, and Superpower Rivalry

By Michael Dean McGinnis & John Williams
Subjects: Political Science, Political Methodology, International Relations, American Politics

An explanation of how domestic support for U.S. defense expenditures was generated during the Cold War

Foreign Policy and Congress

An International Relations Perspective

By Marie T. Henehan
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, American Politics

How do we explain Congressional involvement in foreign policy making?

The Courts of International Trade

Judicial Specialization, Expertise, and Bureaucratic Policymaking

By Isaac Unah
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Law, American Politics

Focuses on the Court of International Trade to illuminate the important role of specialized courts in critical areas of law

Building the Cold War Consensus

The Political Economy of U.S. National Security Policy, 1949-51

By Benjamin Fordham
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, History, American History, American Politics

Explains the basis in domestic politics of the political consensus in support of large defense spending in the early stages of the Cold War

Anchors against Change

American Opinion Leaders' Beliefs After the Cold War

By Shoon Murray
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, American Politics

Explores the impact of the end of the cold war on the opinions of American elites on foreign policy

Beyond Confrontation

Learning Conflict Resolution in the Post-Cold War Era

Edited by John A. Vasquez, Sanford M. Jaffe, James Turner Johnson, and Linda Stamato
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, American Politics

An interdisciplinary approach to the politics of peace

Ralph J. Bunche

Selected Speeches and Writings

Edited by Charles P. Henry
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, History, American History, American Politics, African American Studies

Restores the forgotten legacy of a leader for peace

Congress Resurgent

Foreign and Defense Policy on Capitol Hill

Edited by Randall B. Ripley & James M. Lindsay
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, American Politics

An exploration of Congress's role in shaping American foreign policy

Images and Arms Control

Perceptions of the Soviet Union in the Reagan Administration

By Keith L. Shimko
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, American Politics, History, Soviet History

A study of foreign policy decision making as seen through the relationship between the Reagan administration and the Soviet Union

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