American Foreign Policy: Cases and Choices

By Gideon Rose

Pundits often treat foreign policy decision making as a simple matter of morality or politics, and academics often ignore it entirely, viewing policy as driven not by individual officials but by broad... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876093322
• ISBN13: 9780876093320
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Not Avail
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent selection from those who know their stuff

This book is a reprinting of selected journal articles from "Foreign Affairs" over the past few years. The issues selected are among the most controversial and important in foreign policy at the turn of the century. The most intertesting to me, and one of the most covered, is how to deal with a rising power, namely China. Among the four articles, there are a variety of perspectives presented. Like other issues discussed in the book, the articles elucidate different perspectives and the editors allow the reader to decide for themselves what perspective they believe is the most applicable. Other issues addressed concern American intervention and when intervention should occur, the efficacy of sanctions, trade policy, the handling of rogue nations (including Iran and North Korea), the role of the United Nations, and a discussion between those who see a hegemonic role of the United States as opposed to one where the United States works as a partner with others, in particular the transatlantic allies. For people interested in international affairs, this is a must read. This book is NOT recommended for the novice in the field who has little background knowledge. However, for those who have an interest and the background knowledge, unless you have subscribed to the journal over the past eight years, this volume is an important part of any foreign policy library.