Think tanks and power in foreign policy : a comparative study of the role and influence of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1939-1945 / Inderjeet Parmar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parmar, Inderjeet.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Council on Foreign Relations--History--20th century.

Council on Foreign Relations.

Royal Institute of International Affairs--History--20th century.

Royal Institute of International Affairs.

Research institutes.

History.

United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.

United States.

International relations.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1936-1945.

Great Britain.

World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.

World War, 1939-1945.

Diplomatic history.

World War, 1939-1945--Public opinion.

Public opinion.

Public opinion--United States--History--20th century.

Public opinion--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Research institutes--United States--History--20th century.

Research institutes--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

vii, 267 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Summary:

What is the role of elites in shaping foreign policy? Did unaccountable foreign policy elites shape the post-1945 world order? Chatham House and the Council on Foreign Relations were vital in America's shift from isolationism to globalism, and in Britain's shift from Empire to its current pro-American orientation and were also fundamental in engineering public backing for a new world order. Inderjeet Parmar presents new evidence to show how well-organized and well-connected elite think tanks helped to change the world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-258) and index.

ISBN:

1403921032

OCLC:

53231349