Politics of United States Foreign Policy 5e

Widely considered to be a definitive work on how U.S. foreign policy is made, THE POLITICS OF UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY, International Edition 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. FeaturesThree critical themes are addressed throughout the book: (1) the historical patterns of continuity and change, (2) the president''s ability to govern, and (3) the tension between the demands of democracy and national security.A strong emphasis is placed on identifying patterns from the perspective of the three levels of analysis and the book’s three themes, helping students to understand how U.S. foreign policy has evolved and to predict how it will continue to change in the future, thus challenging them to think analytically about the world in which they live.International and foreign economic policymaking—a very important part of U.S. foreign policy usually ignored in other textbooks—is addressed in a full chapter and integrated throughout the textbook.Boxed essays give students additional information on historical and current topics relevant to the chapter.