Examines the presidency of Richard Nixon, covering the military and diplomatic aspect of the Vietnam War, Nixon's domestic policies, Watergate, and Nixon's post-presidential years.

From the Hamiltonian-Jeffersonian split over English and French policy in the 1790s to the Republican-Democratic clash over Haitian policy in the 1990s, Americans and foreign observers have been troubled--and often exasperated--by the extraordinary influence of U.S. domestic politics on matters of vital national security. Some critics, including Alexis de Tocqueville, concluded--that America's democratic system would cripple the effective and efficient conduct of its foreign policy. In this first historical overview of the subject, Melvin Small examines the central role of domestic politics in the shaping and conduct of American foreign policy from the early republic to the end of the Cold War.

Product Description: “Small . . . finds, rather, that the media had a built-in bias against [Vietnam] protesters—in particular, the television reports sought out scenes of violence, and hence gave disproportionate emphasis to even the smallest counter-demonstration...read more

Product Description: This work offers an introduction to the best-known antiwar movement in United States history, written by veterans of the Vietnam War and participants in the movement. It examines how the activities of the movement affected the lives of most Americans.

Product Description: Book by Small, Melvin

Product Description: `Small and Singer have made a valuable collection of data even more valuable by opening up more possibilities for systematic research on conflict.' -- The Annals, Vol 475, Sept 1984 `At first glance one could easily miss the point that this book is the second edition of The Wages of War (with a new title and authorship reversed)...read more

Product Description: A diplomatic historian examines six major international wars involving the United States and concludes that American involvement was unjustified in each case. America's national security was not in fact sufficiently threatened to merit a call to arms...read more