Overview
This text brings together 3 key elements for both students and professors. It provides an overview of the historical information to make sense of current U.S. foreign policy; it supplies case studies to give students grounding in key events in U.S. foreign policy and information on contemporary issues; and it incorporates concepts that structure an investigation into U.S. foreign policy. The focus is on U.S. policy itself and not on U.S. foreign policy toward specific regions or issues.
Synopsis
This text brings together 3 key elements for both students and professors. It provides an overview of the historical information to make sense of current U.S. foreign policy; it supplies case studies to give students grounding in key events in U.S. foreign policy and information on contemporary issues; and it incorporates concepts that structure an investigation into U.S. foreign policy. The focus is on U.S. policy itself and not on U.S. foreign policy toward specific regions or issues.
Booknews
This is a new edition of a textbook on the history, institutions, and domestic and international politics of American foreign policy; it focuses primarily on the Cold War period and beyond. Hastedt (James Madison U.) promotes his own views rather than simply reviewing the literature and focuses on policy tools over foreign problems. Finally he sketches pictures of alternative futures advocated by political thinkers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)