Introduction: Rethinking American Foreign Policy
Part I: American Foreign Policy: Crisis and Change
Chapter 1: American Foreign Policy: Politics and Paralysis
Chapter 2: New Challenges in U.S. Foreign Policy
Chapter 3: The Main Institutions of Foreign Policymaking
Chapter 4: The New Powerhouses: Think Tanks and Foreign Policy
Chapter 5: The Washington Social Circuit and Foreign Policy
Part II: Hot Global Issues
Chapter 6: Ethnocentrism and Foreign Policy: Can We Understand the
Third World?
Chapter 7: The Democracy Agenda in U.S. Foreign Policy
Chapter 8: Human Rights Policy
Chapter 9: Friendly Tyrants and American Interests
Chapter 10: Globalization and Its Critics
Part III: Regional Responses
Chapter 11: Asia and the Effort to Grow Civil Society
Chapter 12: Democracy and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 13: Benign Neglect: American Foreign Policy in Latin
America in the Post–Cold War Era
Chapter 14: The Middle East and Islamic Society
Conclusion
Suggested Readings
Howard J. Wiarda is Dean Rusk Professor of International Relations and head of the Department of International Affairs at the University of Georgia. He is also Senior Scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington.
Upper-year undergraduates or those headed to Washington for the
first time for an internship would benefit from Wiarda's clear
writing style and insights.
*International Affairs*
Howard Wiarda's latest contribution helps readers to better
understand the changing strengths and weaknesses of U.S. foreign
policy and, equally as important, how that policy is made,
deliberately or by default, and implemented in the field. His
candid, comprehensive, and insightful assessments reflect years
working in and around the policy community. This is a timely,
useful, and provocative addition to the literature. His
understanding of U.S. policy toward Latin America is particularly
strong.
*John A. Cope, National Defense University*
According to Howard Wiarda, America is divided and in trouble, its
fundamental problems now having spread from the domestic to the
foreign. Our political institutions simply are not working well,
and our actions are plagued by beliefs of ethnocentrism. After
covering the relevant policy areas, the book's insightful
conclusion reviews these difficulties and asks the important
question of where we go from here. Wiarda's works are always a
great success in courses—students are sure to enjoy this text.
*Philip Kelly, Emporia State University*
Ask a Question About this Product More... |