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| List of Photos | |
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| List of Figures | |
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| List of Maps | |
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| List of Tables | |
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| Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: United States Foreign Policy in Action | |
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| Historical Foundations | |
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| Major Actors in the Foreign Policy Process | |
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| Pedagogical Approach: How to Use This Book | |
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| Key Features | |
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| Overview of the Book | |
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| The History of US Foreign Policy | |
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| Revolutionary Values | |
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| The Struggle to Define the New Nation | |
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| Manifest Destiny? | |
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| The Civil War | |
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| Rise to Globalism | |
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| The "American Century" and World Wars | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Foreign Policy in the Cold War and Post-Cold War Era | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Cold War | |
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| The Truman Doctrine | |
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| Korea and Vietnam | |
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| Redefining Values and Interests? | |
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| The End of the Cold War | |
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| Engagement and Enlargement | |
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| Interests versus Values? The War on Terrorism | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Key Government Institutions: The President, Congress, and the Courts | |
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| Constitutional Authority and the "Invitation to Struggle" | |
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| The President and the Executive Branch | |
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| Presidential Influence | |
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| Instruments of Presidential Power | |
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| Congress: The Legislative Branch | |
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| The Courts: The Judicial Branch | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Structured Debate: Leadership in Action and the War on Terrorism | |
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| Guidelines and Rules of Procedure | |
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| Debate: Executive Dominance and the War on Terrorism | |
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| Background: The War on Terrorism | |
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| Framing the Debate: Values and Interests | |
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| Position 1: YES, The President Should Have Greater Authority in the War on Terrorism | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Position 2: NO, The President Should Not Have More Foreign Policy Authority | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Bureaucracies: Unelected Actors in the Foreign Policy Process | |
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| Bureaucracies and Foreign Policy | |
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| Key Characteristics of Bureaucracies | |
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| The Theory of Bureaucratic Politics | |
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| The Department of Defense | |
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| The Department of State | |
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| Intelligence Bureaucracies | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| National Security Council Simulation: Bureaucratic Politics in Action | |
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| Exercise Scenario: Proliferation Threats | |
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| Iranian Nuclear Ambitions | |
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| Appendices: Templates and Role Assignments | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Interest Groups and Political Parties | |
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| The Power of Unelected Actors | |
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| Interest Groups | |
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| What Do You Want? How to Lobby Effectively | |
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| Types of Interest Groups | |
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| Political Parties | |
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| Conclusion: Are All Politics "Local"? | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Interest Groups in Action: Case-Based Learning | |
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| Pedagogical Approach | |
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| Environmental Policy: The United States, Interest Groups, and Climate Change | |
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| A Change of Climate? | |
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| Legislative Showdown | |
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| Case Discussion Questions | |
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| Public Opinion and the Media | |
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| Reaching the Masses? Public Opinion and the Media | |
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| Public Opinion | |
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| Public Attitudes and Foreign Policy: A Direct Line? | |
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| Media and Foreign Policy | |
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| The Functions of Media | |
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| Contemporary Trends in Media Coverage | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Public Opinion and the Media in Action: Problem-Based Cooperative Learning | |
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| Research Project 1: Alternative News Media and Foreign Policy: Educating the Public? | |
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| Research Project 2: The Media and National Security: Is There a Public "Right to Know"? | |
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| Grand Strategy: Then and Now | |
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| What is Grand Strategy? | |
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| Alternative Grand Strategy Frames for US Foreign Policy Positions | |
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| Hegemony/Unilateralism | |
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| Multilateralism | |
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| Isolationism/Parochialism | |
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| Formulating Grand Strategy in the Post-9/11 World | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Structured Debate: A New Grand Strategy for the Twenty-First Century? | |
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| Guidelines and Rules of Procedure | |
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| Framing the Debate | |
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| Position 1: YES, A New Foreign Policy Should be Strongly Multilateral - Vital Interests are Global | |
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| What Does Multilateralism Mean for Foreign Policy? | |
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| Transnational Issues and Multilateral Solutions | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Position 2: NO, A New Foreign Policy Should be Isolationist/Parochial - Vital Interests are Domestic | |
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| "It's the Economy, Stupid" | |
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| What Does Parochialism Mean for US Foreign Policy? | |
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| The War on Terror and US Parochialism | |
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| A Sustainable Foreign Policy Agenda? | |
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| Additional Resources | |
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| Contemporary Foreign Policy Analysis | |
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| Fundamental Dynamics of Foreign Policy | |
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| Obama Foreign Policy | |
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| The Arab Spring Meets Liberal Engagement | |
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| Domestic Political Constraints | |
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| Foreign Policy Continuity versus Change | |
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| What Can You Do? | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |