The Reagan Doctrine
Sources of American Conduct in the Cold War's Last Chapter
Published on 25. May 1994
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-275-94798-9 (ISBN)
Description
Doctrines have been a prevalent form of foreign policy in U.S. history. This study seeks to explain their origins by examining the Reagan Doctrine, pledging aid to anticommunist guerillas in the Third World. Based on original research and interviews with numerous individuals in the Reagan administration, the author applies two alternative explanations: realist theory, focusing on the international level of analysis, and elite beliefs theory, focusing on individual political leaders and their beliefs. What he finds is that while each perspective is necessary to explain the Reagan Doctrine, neither is sufficient by itself.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
479 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-94798-9 (9780275947989)
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MARK P. LAGON is a Research Associate at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and Adjunct Professor of Government at Georgetown University.
Content
List of Illustrations Preface Explaining the Reagan Doctrines' Origins Power and Ideology in U.S. Foreign Policy Realist Imperatives and the Reagan Doctrine What Realism Does and Does Not Explain Elites and the Reagan Doctrine What Elite Beliefs Do and Do Not Explain Where American Doctrines Come From Arbiters of the National Interest Appendices Bibliography