1. Presidents and foreign policy processes -- 2. An explanation of method and cases -- 3. Nixon, Kissinger, and North Vietnam -- 4. Negotiating strategic arms limitations -- 5. Strategic arms reduction talks -- 6. Bill Clinton and Bosnia -- 7. Bush decision-making : pre- and post-9/11 -- 8. Advisory system framework -- 9. Building a more effective advisory system?
Summary
"This influential study presents an advisory system theory of decision-making to examine cases of presidential policy formulation drawn from the Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush administrations. Easily accessible to scholars, graduates and advanced undergraduates interested in US foreign policy or foreign policy analysis, presidential studies, and bureaucracy and public administrations scholars, and to practitioners and those with a general interest in International Relations."--BOOK JACKET
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-249) and index
