Democracy and Diplomacy: The Impact of Domestic Politics in U.S. Foreign Policy, 1789-1994

by Melvin Small

Book Overview

From the Hamiltonian-Jeffersonian split over English and French policy in the 1790s to the Republican-Democratic clash over Haitian policy in the 1990s, Americans and foreign observers have been troubled-and often exasperated-by the extraordinary influence of U.S. domestic politics on matters of vital national security. Some critics, including Alexis de Tocqueville, concluded-that America's democratic system would cripple the effective and efficient...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801851785
• ISBN13: 9780801851780
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"