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Author Stevenson, Charles A., author

Title America's foreign policy toolkit : key institutions and processes / Charles A. Stevenson, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS
Published Los Angeles : SAGE, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 382 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Contents Preface -- Introduction: tools and tool users -- The framer's design -- Following the blueprint -- The president's toolkit -- Congress's toolkit -- Shared tools of the budgetary process -- The diplomatic instrument -- The economic instruments -- The military instrument -- The secret intelligence instruments -- The homeland security instruments -- The international institutions instrument -- Elephants in the workshop -- Missing tools
Summary How is foreign policy in the United States really crafted? Who does the work? How are the various activities of the many key participants coordinated and controlled? In 'America's Foreign Policy Toolkit', Charles A. Stevenson identifies for students what the key foreign policy tools are, clarifies which tools are best for which tasks, describes the factors that constrain or push how they're used, and provides fresh insight into the myriad challenges facing national security decisionmakers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Diplomatic relations
International relations -- Administration
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058
United States -- Foreign relations administration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140116
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781483349626
1483349624
9781483301815
1483301818