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Widely considered to be a definitive work on how U.S. foreign policy is made, THE POLITICS OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY uses three levels of analysis that demonstrate how government, society, and the historical-global environment all impact policymaking. Appropriate for those professors who want to teach a course that emphasizes process, the text blends substance, history, and theory in a lively narrative that is comprehensive, accessible, and informative. This new fifth edition is streamlined and updated and includes coverage of the 2008 elections, the new Congress, the global economic crisis, updates on the Iraq War, and the Obama administration’s foreign policy.

Preface
Introduction
The Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy
Historical Context and the Future of U.S. Global Power
Government and the Policymaking Process
Presidential Power and Leadership
The Bureaucracy, Presidential Management, and the National Security Council
Understanding Bureaucracy: the State Department at Home and Abroad
The Military Establishment
The Intelligence Community
The Foreign Economic Bureaucracy, the NEC, and State and Local Governments
Decisionmaking Theory and Foreign Policy
Congress and Interbranch Politics
The Society and Domestic Politics
The Public and Its Beliefs
Electoral Politics
Group Politics
The Media and the Communications Process
Conclusion
Summarizing the Major Patterns, the Nature of Change, and the Future Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy
Index
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The Politics of United States Foreign Policy

The Politics of United States Foreign Policy

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