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

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1977

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

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Other Format:

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

Publisher Number:

CRS-1977-FND-0034

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