A Citizen's Guide to American Foreign Policy: Tragic Choices and the Limits of Rationality

by David Houghton

Book Overview

American foreign policy often looks like a trail of man-made debris and disaster. Of course, the explanations for many poorly-made decisions are rather complex. In this brief and cogent analysis, Houghton shows us that understanding American foreign policy often comes down to recognizing the cognitive limitations of the decision-makers, which affects the foreign policy process. Then there is the nature of the decisions themselves. Quite a few decisions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041584407X
• ISBN13: 9780415844079
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"