America As A World Power: Foreign Policy In A Constitutional Framework
2nd Edition
Published on 31. December 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
539 pages
978-0-07-032716-0 (ISBN)
Description
A lively basic text for courses in American Foreign Policy, this text introduces the fundamentals of foreign policy and then examines the real-world conduct of foreign policy. Throughout the text, Johnson emphasizes the shaping of foreign policy through the negotiated sharing of power across the institutions of government while measuring the influence of the human factor on foreign policy decisions. This edition is generously illustrated with photographs, figures, tables, and boxes, and maintains its uniquely student-oriented presentation.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
maps, photographs, tables, charts
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
817 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-032716-0 (9780070327160)
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Content
PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICYCHAPTER 1: The Ends and Means of American Foreign PolicyCHAPTER 2: Key Dimensions of the Foreign Policy AnalysisPART II: THE CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF HISTORYCHAPTER 3: The Past as Prologue: A Heritage of AmbivalenceCHAPTER 4: The Cold War: Battling CommunistCHAPTER 5: The Contemporary Setting: A New World Order?PART III: THE POLICY MATRIXCHAPTER 6: Remembering the ConstitutionCHAPTER 7 : Institutional DynamicCHAPTER 8: The Human FactorPART IV: THE INSTRUMENTS OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICYCHAPTER 9: Intelligence: The Foundations of Foreign PolicyCHAPTER 10: The War Power: The Use of Overt ForceCHAPTER 11: American's Secret Power: The Hidden Hand of the CICHAPTER 12: Diplomacy: The Art of Peaceful NegotiationCHAPTER 13: Economic Statecraft: The Instruments of Trade and AidCHAPTER 14: Morality and Foreign Policy: On Being Good in a Bad WorldPART V: A NORMATIVE EPILOGUECHAPTER 15: The Future of American Foreign Policy