American Foreign Policy and Political Ambition 2nd Edition by James Lee Ray ISBN 978-1483321004 1483321004

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ISBN 10:  1483321004

ISBN 13: 978-1483321004

Author: James Lee Ray

In his eagerly-awaited second edition, Ray revisits his deceptively simple premise that the highest priority of leaders is to stay in power. Looking at how political ambition and domestic pressures impact foreign policymaking is the key to understanding how and why foreign policy decisions are made. The text begins by using this analytic approach to look at the history of foreign policymaking and then examines how various parties inside and outside government influence decision making. In a unique third section, the book takes a regional approach, not only covering trends other books tend to miss, but giving students the opportunity to think comprehensively about how issues intersect around the globe—from human security and democratization, to globalization and pollution.

Guided by input from adopters and reviewers, Ray has thoroughly re-organized the book and streamlined some coverage to better consolidate the historical, institutional, regional, and topical chapters and focus the thematic lens of the book. Ray has also brought the book fully up-to-date, addressing the latest events in American foreign policy, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the killing of Bin Laden, the WikiLeaks scandal and its aftermath, the impact of social media on foreign policy and world affairs, nuclear proliferation, developments in U.S.-Russian relations, climate change, and more.

Table of contents: 

Part I: Laying the Foundation: The Importance, the History, and Competing Theories of American Foreign Policy
Chapter 1: The Impacts of American Foreign Policy
Chapter 2: Analyzing Modern American Foreign Policy: Competing Approaches
Chapter 3: The Past as Prologue: American Foreign Policy from the American Revolution through World War II
Chapter 4: The Cold War

Part II: Foreign Policy Processes—Inside and Outside the Government
Chapter 5: The President and Congress
Chapter 6: Government Agencies, Economic Issues, and Foreign Policy
Chapter 7: The Impact of Extragovernmental Factors on American Foreign Policy: Political Parties, Interest Groups, the Mass Media, and Public Opinion

Part III: U.S. Foreign Policy in Regional Contexts
Chapter 8: The United States and Europe: A Parting of the Ways?
Chapter 9: Inter-American Relations
Chapter 10: The United States and Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 11: The United States in Asia: The Coming Clash with China?
Chapter 12: The United States, Israel, and its Neighbors
Chapter 13: The U.S. Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: Their Origins (and Legality)
Chapter 14: The Evolution and Conclusion of the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

Part IV: The Future: Threats and Possibilities
Chapter 15: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century

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