U. S. Foreign Policy

Name: U. S. Foreign Policy
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ISBN: 9780199226429

ISBN-10: 0199226423

ISBN-13: 9780199226429

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael Cox, Doug Stokes

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Bringing together a number of the world's leading experts, the text deals with the rise of America, US foreign policy during and after the Cold War, and the complex issues facing the US since September 11th.

Book details

List price: $64.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.69" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English

Michael Cox was born on August 30 1948 in Northamptonshire, England. In 1989 he started work at the Oxford University Press. In 1983, Cox published his first book, a biography M. R. James, a Victorian ghost story writer. Between 1983 and 1997 he compiled and edited several anthologies of Victorian short stories for Oxford University Press. His first novel, The Meaning of Night, was published in 2006. Michael Cox died of cancer on March 31, 2009.



List of boxes


List of controversies


List of key quotes


List of major debates and their impact


About the editors


About the contributors


Introduction: US foreign policy-past, present, and future




Theories of US foreign policy



Introduction


Theories of American foreign policy


Origins of the Cold War


Grand strategy


Conclusion



American exceptionalism



Introduction: American difference and exceptionality


Difference, exceptionality, and success


Liberal exceptionalism


Peculiar Americanism


Exceptionality and foreign policy


Conclusion: unipolarity, war on terrorism, and unilateralism



Historical Contexts



The US rise to world power, 1776-1945



Introduction


From colonies to continental empire, 1776-1865


From old empire to new empire, 1865-1913


Wilson's empire of ideology-and the bitter reaction, 1913-33


The road from economic depression to the Cold War, 1933-45


Conclusion



American foreign policy during the Cold War



Introduction


The Cold War and theorizing American foreign policy


The origins of the Cold War and containment


Korea, NSC-68, and the militarization of US foreign policy


Cold War in the third world


Ending the Cold War


Conclusion



America in the 1990s: searching for purpose



Introduction: post-Cold War American internationalism


Searching for purpose: the 'Kennan sweepstakes'


Foreign policy making in the new order


US foreign policy in the post-Cold War era


Conclusion



Institutions and Processes



The foreign policy process: executive, Congress, intelligence



Introduction


Challenge of foreign policy to state formation


Foreign policy as a primary agency of governmental adaptation


Congress and the challenge of co-equality


Democratic dilemmas


9/11, the war on terror, and new tensions


Conclusion



Military power and US foreign policy



Introduction


Rise of American military power, 1945-91: containment and deterrence


The post-Cold War era: confronting fundamental questions


The administration of George W. Bush: terrorism and pre-emption


Conclusion



Regional shifts and US foreign policy



Introduction


Regional interests and foreign policy


The great debate over expansionism


The struggle over internationalism


American primacy and the 'new sectionalism'


Conclusion



Media and US foreign policy



Introduction


Concepts


The pluralist model


The elite model


Public and media diplomacy


Conclusion: new technology and US power



Identities and US foreign policy



Introduction


Interests and US foreign policy


Critical social constructivism


Discourses as productive


Critical social constructivism as critique


Identity in US foreign policy


Conclusion



The United States and the World



US foreign policy in the Middle East



Introduction


The transformation of US foreign policy towards the Middle East: from Wilson to Bush


International relations, United States foreign policy, and the Middle East


The United States, the Cold War, and the Middle East


The United States and Israel


The United States and oil


Conclusion: the Bush Doctrine and the invasion of Iraq: continuity or change in US foreign policy towards the Middle East?



The USA and the EU



Introduction


US foreign policy and European integration


The United States and the European Union


Conclusion



US foreign policy in Russia



Introduction


The end of an era


Bill and Boris


NATO enlargement


The Kosovo crisis


The 'Great Game' revisited


A new face in the Kremlin-and the White House


A strategy for a New World


A reversal of course


Conclusion



The USA and Asia-Pacific



Introduction


Japan, the United States, and the new Asian order


China comes in from the cold


The United States, Korea, and the legacy of the Cold War


Asia-Pacific: primed for rivalry?


The United States: hegemonic still?



US foreign policy in Latin America



Introduction


Latin America and the formation of the modern USA


A reluctant superpower


Cold war coexistence


The Washington 'Consensus' questioned


Conclusion



US foreign policy in Africa



Introduction


USA-Africa relations: history and the Cold War


The USA and Africa in a post-Cold War world


The USA and Africa after 9/11


Conclusion



Key Issues



Global economy



Introduction


The actors and mechanisms of American economic strategy


Perspectives on American economic strategy since 1945


Has the strategy worked?



Global terrorism



Introduction: the 9/11 attacks


Terrorism and the background to 9/11


The war on terror I


The war on terror II


Rethinking the war on terror



Global environment



Introduction


Environmental multilateralism and the USA


Explaining US foreign environment policy


Conclusion



Futures and Scenarios



American foreign policy after 9/11



Introduction


The background


Framing 9/11 and its aftermath


The triumph of ideology: the 'neo-cons' in the ascendant


Blowback: US foreign policy against itself?


The centrality of military power-and 'imperial overstretch'?


The shape of America's wars


Iraq: the new Vietnam?


After Iraq: continuity and disjunction in US foreign policy



America's 'security trap'



Introduction


Transformations in global power


The erosion of state sovereignty


The democratization paradox


Bush and the security trap


Conclusion: escaping the security trap



The future of US foreign policy



Introduction


The ideological roots of US foreign policy


Strengths and weaknesses of the USA


The US political order and foreign policy


Future foreign policies


Catastrophic scenarios


Conclusion


References


Index