American Foreign Policy Since the Vietnam War: The Search for Consensus from Nixon to Clinton

American Foreign Policy Since the Vietnam War: The Search for Consensus from Nixon to Clinton
ISBN-10
1315292793
ISBN-13
9781315292793
Series
American Foreign Policy Since the Vietnam War
Category
History
Pages
340
Language
English
Published
2019-07-23
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Richard A Melanson

Description

A revealing look at presidential politics and foreign policy-making from the aftermath of Vietnam to the NATO intervention in Kosovo. The book illuminates the relationship between presidents' domestic and foreign policy priorities and the key role of public opinion in constraining presidential initiatives, particularly the ability of a president to use military force overseas. In case studies ranging from the invasion of Grenada through the Gulf War and the dilemmas of Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia and Kosovo, Melanson provides compelling portraits of presidents Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush and Clinton, and their different efforts to forge a foreign policy consensus.

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