Major U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy Issues.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cuba.

Japan.

Korea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1977.

System Details:

System requirements: PDF reader software.

text file

PDF

Summary:

CRS-compiled collection of papers by foreign affairs specialists dealing with major U.S. foreign and defense policy issues, prepared for use of the Commission on the Operation of the Senate.

Global issues (pages 6-118) considered include: human rights; international terrorism; multilateral diplomatic institutions; nuclear and conventional weapons development, deployment, and limitation; international economic recovery and relationships between developed and developing countries; East-West trade; law of the sea and ocean resources; world food, minerals, and energy resources; and population control.

Includes selected bibliographies at the conclusion of each paper.

National issues (pages 250-317) reviewed include: conduct of foreign and defense policy, with definition of executive and congressional roles; informational and cultural aspects of diplomacy; intelligence services' operations; and costs and military requirements of defense programs.

Regional issues (pages 119-249) discussed include: Communist participation in West European governments; NATO weaponry standardization; Arab-Israeli conflict; Persian Gulf oil supplies; Rhodesia and South Africa; Japan and commitments to South Korea; interrelationships among U.S., China, and the Soviet Union; Panama Canal treaty negotiations; and normalization of relations with Cuba.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Major U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy Issues. 77-S962-11

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Restricted for use by site license.