U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power - Softcover

Hook, Steven W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452241503 ISBN 13: 9781452241500

Publisher: CQ Press, 2013

Synopsis

The United States faces growing challenges to its primacy in the global balance of power. The very factors that have given rise to its dominance―a sense of exceptionalism, the sharing and fragmentation of political power, and the engagement of civil society in the foreign policy process―also create vulnerabilities for the country. Fast-moving developments overseas, meanwhile, won′t wait for U.S. leaders to adopt perfect foreign policy strategies. The fourth edition of Steven W. Hook′s U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power provides students with a concise and accessible overview of this foreign policy paradox, and highlights the challenges facing policy makers. Instructors and students will appreciate the book′s new full-color interior, expanded graphics program with new and thoroughly updated tables, figures, maps and feature boxes, and end-of-chapter resources for further review and study.

About this title

About the Author:

Steven W. Hook is professor of political science at Kent State University. In addition to this book, he is co-author of American Foreign Policy Since World War II (CQ Press, 2019, 21st ed., with John Spanier) and author of National Interest and Foreign Aid (Lynne Rienner, 1995). His edited books include U.S. Foreign Policy Today: American Renewal? (CQ Press, 2012, with James M. Scott), the Routledge Handbook of American Foreign Policy (Routledge Press, 2012, with Christopher M. Jones), and Democratic Peace in Theory and Practice (Kent State University Press, 2010). His journal articles have appeared in World Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Asian Survey, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Interactions, and other leading journals. Professor Hook received a BA (1982) in Journalism and Political Science from the University of Michigan and an MA (1990) and PhD (1993) in International Studies from the University of South Carolina. At Kent State, he received the university’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2007 and served as department chair from 2008 to 2012. He is a past president of the Foreign Policy Analysis sections of the American Political Science Association and the International Studies Association.

About this edition

• Publisher: CQ Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1452241503
• ISBN 13: 9781452241500
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 544