American Foreign Policy FDR to Reagan
This volume on U.S. foreign policy since World War II provides an overview of decisions made during the past 40 years, and the social and historical contexts of those decisions. Beginning with a chapter setting forth the main traditional themes of American diplomacy, the authors examine Presidential Administrations in chronological order. They emphasize the President's central role in foreign policymaking and explain how the President formulates the political and philosophical approaches that infuse the Administration's foreign policy and shape the national mood. The environment in which defense and foreign policies are formulated, however, are beyond Presidential control. The authors describe the political and sociological context in which policy is made and cover topics such as national security, the Atlantic Alliance, U.S.-Soviet and Sino-American relations, and crises such as Berlin and Cuba. ISBN 0-06-041696-3 (pbk.): $12.00.