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American foreign policy /

Viotti, Paul R.

American foreign policy / Paul R. Viotti. - Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2010. - xvii, 254 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - War and conflict in the modern world . - War and conflict in the modern world. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-240) and index.

Foreword / by Kenneth M. Jensen -- pt. I, Peaceful engagement, containment, and armed intervention. Peaceful engagement and diplomacy ; Containment of adversaries ; Armed intervention and warfare -- pt. II, Foreign policy in the American experience. Institutionalized practices : the moralism of American exceptionalism ; Intervention and expansionism -- pt. III, Theoretical reflections and practical expectations. Elite understandings of power ; Politics on the Potomac ; Presidential power.

ISBN: 9780745642406 (hbk.) 0745642403 (hbk.) 9780745642413 (pbk.) 0745642411 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2010282481

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA988624 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015366207 Uk

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Foreign relations--History.
United States--Foreign relations--Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: E183.7 / .V49 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 327.73 / VIO-A 46(D)