American Foreign Policy: Patterns and Process - Softcover

Charles W. Kegley Jr.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0333658752 ISBN 13: 9780333658758

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1996

Synopsis

This best-selling text explores the ways in which the changing international climate-especially the end of the Cold War-affects American foreign policy. The authors focus on the forces that influence decisions about foreign policy goals and the means chosen to realize them.

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About the Author

Eugene R. Wittkopf was the R. Downs Poindexter Professor Emeritus at Louisiana State University (LSU). He also held appointments at the University of Florida and the University of North Carolina. He received his doctorate from The Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs at Syracuse University. He published more than thirty books on international politics and foreign policy and several dozen refereed articles in professional journals and chapters in books. He held offices in professional associations and served on the editorial boards of numerous profession journals. In 2002 he received the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Foreign Policy Section of the International Studies Association. Earlier, Professor Wittkopf was named the 1996 Distinguished Research Master of Arts, Humanities, and Social Studies at Louisiana State University. This is the highest award given by the LSU in recognition of faculty contributions to research and scholarship.

Review

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Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333658752
• ISBN 13: 9780333658758
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 687