The Cold War at Home and Abroad (eBook)

Domestic Politics and US Foreign Policy since 1945

Andrew L. Johns, Mitchell B. Lerner (Herausgeber)

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2018
330 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-7574-4 (ISBN)

Infos

From President Truman's use of a domestic propaganda agency to Ronald Reagan's handling of the Soviet Union during his 1984 reelection campaign, the American political system has consistently exerted a profound effect on the country's foreign policies. Americans may cling to the belief that "e;politics stops at the water's edge,"e; but the reality is that parochial political interests often play a critical role in shaping the nation's interactions with the outside world.In The Cold War at Home and Abroad: Domestic Politics and US Foreign Policy since 1945, editors Andrew L. Johns and Mitchell B. Lerner bring together eleven essays that reflect the growing methodological diversity that has transformed the field of diplomatic history over the past twenty years. The contributors examine a spectrum of diverse domestic factors ranging from traditional issues like elections and Congressional influence to less frequently studied factors like the role of religion and regionalism, and trace their influence on the history of US foreign relations since 1945. In doing so, they highlight influences and ideas that expand our understanding of the history of American foreign relations, and provide guidance and direction for both contemporary observers and those who shape the United States' role in the world.This expansive volume contains many lessons for politicians, policy makers, and engaged citizens as they struggle to implement a cohesive international strategy in the face of hyper-partisanship at home and uncertainty abroad.

Autor

lt;P>Andrew L. Johns is associate professor of history at Brigham Young University and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. He is the author of Vietnam's Second Front: Domestic Politics, the Republican Party, and the War. He is also the editor of A Companion to Ronald Reagan and coeditor of Diplomatic Games: Sport, Statecraft, and International Relations since 1945. He is the president of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association in 2018--2019.

Mitchell B. Lerner is associate professor of history at The Ohio State University. He has been a fellow at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia and has held the Mary Ball Washington Distinguished Fulbright Chair at University College--Dublin. He is the author of The Pueblo Incident: A Spy Ship and the Failure of American Foreign Policy, which won the 2002 John Lyman Book Award for the best work of US Naval History. He is also the editor of Looking Back at LBJ: White House Politics in a New Light, and A Companion to Lyndon B. Johnson.

Inhalt

Janus, Tocqueville, and the World: The Nexus of Domestic Politics and US Foreign PolicyFact-Givers or Fact-Makers: The Dilemma of Information-Making in the State Department's Office of Public Affairs during the Truman AdministrationFrom Hawk to Dawk: Congressman Melvin Laird & the Vietnam War, 1952-1968United States Senator Henry Scoop Jackson and the Intersection Between Domestic Politics and Foreign Relations in the Postwar EraReligious Pluralism, Domestic Politics, and the Emerging Jewish-Evangelical Coalition on Israel, 1960-1980Subtraction by Addition: The Nixon Administration and the Domestic Politics of Arms ControlOne Picture May Not Be Worth Ten Thousand Words, But The White House Is Betting It's Worth Ten Thousand Votes: Richard Nixon and Diplomacy as SpectacleCreating an Ethnic Lobby: Ronald Reagan, Jorge Mas Canosa, and the Birth of the "Foundation"Forging Consensus on Vietnamese Reeducation Camp Detainees: The FVPPA and US-Vietnamese NormalizationThe Congressional Human Rights Caucus and the Plight of the RefuseniksPeace through Austerity: The Reagan Defense Buildup in the "Age of Inequality"The Domestic Politics of Superpower Rapprochement: Foreign Policy and the 1984 Presidential ElectionNobody Talks about it, but it is on Everybody's Mind: Politics, Diplomacy, and the State of the Field

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.8.2018
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: American diplomacy • domestic policy • International affairs • International Relations • International Studies • Melvin Laird • Peace studies • Political Conflict • Richard Nixon • Ronald Reagan • US Foreign Policy • Vietnam War
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-7574-7 / 0813175747
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-7574-4 / 9780813175744