The US Public and American Foreign Policy.

The US Public and American Foreign Policy.

Public opinion has always played a significant role in the development and promotion of US foreign policy. This collection of historical and contemporary essays seeks to assess the impact and nature of that opinion more effectively.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnstone, Andrew
Other Authors: Laville, Helen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
Series:Routledge studies in US foreign policy.
Subjects:
Public opinion > United States.
Public opinion
United States > Foreign relations > Public opinion.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Section One: The public and war; 2 From coast defense to embalmed beef: The in.uence of the press and public opinion on McKinley's policymaking during the SpanishAmerican war; 3 To mobilize a nation: Citizens' organizations and intervention on the eve of World War II; 4 Power to the people? American public opinion and the Vietnam war; Section Two: Public interests and ideology; 5 Organized labor and the social foundations of American diplomacy, 18981920.
  • 6 Religion and world order at the dawn of the American century7 Gender apartheid? American women and women's rights in American foreign policy; Section Three: Interests and ethnicity; 8 African Americans and US foreign policy: The American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa and the Rhodesian crisis; 9 The American public and the USIsraeli "special" relationship; 10 The Cuban lobby and US policy toward Cuba; Section Four: The public and.

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