Product Description: Free-market capitalism, hegemony, Western culture, peace, and democracy―the ideas that shaped world politics in the twentieth century and underpinned American foreign policy―have lost a good deal of their strength. Authority is now more contested and power more diffuse...read more

Product Description: A new president, George W. Bush, has been elected. A new administration is now in charge of the US foreign policy. Some of the issues they face and some of the positions they have been taking are similar to those of the Clinton administration and other predecessors; some are different...read more

Product Description: This volume, compiled by Professor Jentleson and following the chapter structure of the main text of American Foreign Policy, features case studies adapted from the Kennedy School of Government series and readings from authors like Hans Morgenthau, George Kennan, Henry Kissinger, Walter LaFeber, Francis Fukuyama, Ole R...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The basic logic of preventive diplomacy is unassailable. Act early to prevent disputes from escalating; reduce tensions that could lead to war; deal with today's conflicts before they become tomorrow's crises. Yet as we look at the record of these first years of the post-Cold War era, it is quite mixed...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Prepared under the auspices of the Council on Foreign Relations, this comprehensive four-volume reference examines the political, economic, military, and cultural interactions of the federal government and the American people with nations and peoples abroad from 1776 to the present. It includes more than 1,000 signed, alphabetically arranged entries, ranging from brief biographical sketches to major essays on critical issues of U.S. foreign policy. The only encyclopedia on the subject of such breadth and authority, it is indispensable for scholars and students of American history, U.S. foreign relations, diplomatic history, and international law, as well as an important resource for government officials, policymakers, political scientists, journalists, and general readers interested in the history of America's involvements with the greater world community.

A critical account of the U.S. government's open-handed policy toward Iraq up to the Persian Gulf War makes use of declassified documents to explain why the policy failed, drawing lessons for future policy-making.

Product Description: Book by Jentleson, Bruce W.