Decisions and dilemmas : case studies in presidential foreign policy making since 1945 / Robert A. Strong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strong, Robert A., 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989--Decision making--Case studies.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-1993--Decision making--Case studies.

United States--Foreign relations--1993-2001--Decision making--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. Through al

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. Truman and the Hiroshima Bomb; 2. Eisenhower and Arms Control; 3. Kennedy, Johnson, and Southeast Asia; 4. Nixon, Ford, and the Era of Détente; 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; Notes; Index

Notes:

First published 2005 by M.E. Sharpe.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7656-1578-9

1-315-70524-9

1-317-47326-4

9781315705248

OCLC:

929508618