American Foreign Policy Since World War II - Softcover

Steven W. Hook; John W. Spanier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933116714 ISBN 13: 9781933116716

Publisher: CQ Press, 2006

Synopsis

Despite its status as the world's lone superpower, the United States confronts a variety of serious challenges in the world today: ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, nuclear tensions involving Iran and North Korea, and strained relations with allies in the European Union and the United Nations. In updating their book, authors Hook and Spanier find that these new developments are in keeping with the overarching theme of their classic text - that there is an American style of foreign policy imbued with a distinct sense of national exceptionalism. Through a thorough understanding of the United States' past actions, students can then fully grasp the functions and frequent dysfunctions of its foreign-policy process.

About this title

About the Author:

Steven W. Hook is associate professor of political science at Kent State University. He is the author of U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power (2005), National Interest and Foreign Aid (1995), and editor of Comparative Foreign Policy: Adaptation Strategies of the Great and Emerging Powers (2002) and Foreign Aid Toward the Millennium (1996). John Spanier is at the University of Florida. Among his many other books is Games Nations Play.

Synopsis:

In this introductory textbook, Hook (Kent State U.) and Spanier (U. of Florida) focus on the conduct of American foreign policy, rather than its formulation. The chronological narrative runs from the adoption of the containment doctrine in the opening years of the Cold War through the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and confrontations of North Kore

About this edition

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1933116714
• ISBN 13: 9781933116716
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 441