Introduction : crisis and calamity in American foreign policy -- Models of foreign policy-making -- Who are we? American political culture in transition -- Public opinion and foreign policy -- The media and foreign policy -- Interest groups and foreign policy -- Parties, politics, and foreign policy -- The new powerhouses : think tanks and foreign policy -- Washington social life and foreign policy -- Congress : the broken branch -- bureaucratic politics : State, Defense, CIA, FBI, Homeland Security -- Why so ineffective? -- The National Security Council : at the apex of the system -- The presidency and foreign policy -- Conclusion : broken government : can it be fixed?
Summary
How America's political divisions influence our foreign policy
