United States National Interests in a Changing World [electronic resource] / [by] Donald E. Nuechterlein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nuechterlein, Donald Edwin, 1925-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1973.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although the term national interest has long been used in reference to the foreign policy goals of nations, there has been no generally agreed upon definition of the concept; as a result, Donald E. Nuechterlein contends, there has been a tendency for foreign policy to be determined by institutional prejudice and past policy rather than by a systematic assessment of national interests. By what criterion does a President decide that a given interest is or is not vital-that is, whether he must contemplate defending it by force if other measures fail?In this study Nuechterlein offers a new concep

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Concept of National Interest; 2 Criteria for Determining Vital Interests; 3 Roles of the President and Congress in Determining Interests; 4 Roles of Private Interest Groups and Mass Media; 5 Foreign Policy Tools in Support of National Interests; 6 Changing Perceptions of United States Interests in Southeast Asia: A Case Study; 7 The Shifting Balance of World Power and United States National Interests; Epilogue; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6410-9

OCLC:

933515925