| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
This book's unique combination of case studies and commentaries provides the basis for a systematic discussion of the role of individual leaders and complex institutions in U.S. foreign policy making. The case studies present routine and urgent, controversial and consensus-driven decisions in nine presidential administrations--""from Harry Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan in 1945, to George W. Bush's responses to international terrorism in the wake of 9/11. Each chapter includes essential background information, a chronology of events, and primary source documents. |
| Contents |
1. Truman and the Hiroshima bomb -- 2. Eisenhower and arms control -- 3. Kennedy, Johnson, and Southeast Asia -- 4. Nixon, Ford, and the era of d©♭tente -- 5. Carter and the Panama Canal treaties -- 6. Reagan and the Iran-contra affair -- 7. George H.W. Bush and the invasion of Panama -- 8. Clinton and Northern Ireland -- 9. George W. Bush and 9/11. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989 -- Decision making -- Case studies.
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United States. |
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1989 |
| Subject |
Decision making. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-1993 -- Decision making -- Case studies.
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| Chronological Term |
1989-1993 |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1993-2001 -- Decision making -- Case studies.
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| Chronological Term |
1993-2001 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Strong, Robert A. Decisions and Dilemmas. 2nd ed. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2015 9780765615770 |
| ISBN |
9781317473268 (electronic book) |
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1317473264 (electronic book) |
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9781317473275 |
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1317473272 |
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