American Foreign Policy

Informationen zum Autor Paul Frazier , PhD, is Professor of History at Gateway Community and Technical College, Kentucky, USA Klappentext This authoritative work provides students with the tools to explore the wide range of factors that shape American foreign policy, as well as a fact-based approach to examining partisan debates about national security priorities, economic prosperity, and human rights. The book distills a complex topic into 30 essential questions about American foreign policy. Each question is answered in the affirmative or the negative. The answer is then explained in greater factual detail, presenting opposing points of view on the specific topic covered by each question. Primary sources, governmental actors, and top experts in the field are the foundations of this fact-checking exercise. Rather than a specific ideological approach to the topic, this book presents the facts and the arguments surrounding the specifics of American foreign policy.Each title in the Contemporary Debates series examines the veracity of controversial claims or beliefs surrounding a major political/cultural issue in the United States. They do so to give readers a clear and unbiased understanding of current issues by informing them about falsehoods, half-truths, and misconceptions-and confirming the factual validity of other assertions-that have gained traction in America's political and cultural discourse. Vorwort A resource for exploring and understanding the wide range of factors that shape American foreign policy, ranging from deeply held convictions about US roles, rights, and responsibilities on the international stage to partisan efforts to derail political opponents and gain favor with the voting public. Zusammenfassung Gives readers the resources to explore and understand the wide range of factors that shape American foreign policy, as well as a fact-based approach to examining partisan debates about national security priorities, economic prosperity, capitalism, and human rights. How much foreign aid does the United States give foreign countries? How many military bases do US forces have around the world, and for what reasons? Why are US attitudes about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) so important to economic and political stability in Europe? Where do America's political parties stand on issues of free trade, counterterrorism, human rights, economic exploitation, and international cooperation on environmental issues such as climate change? How have US relations with China and Russia changed over the last half century?This fact-checking resource answers all these questions and more, drawing on essential primary sources, authoritative government studies and reports, and top experts in the field. Rather than a specific ideological approach to the topic, this book presents the facts pertaining to the most consequential issues in American foreign policy and international relations today. Inhaltsverzeichnis American Foreign Policy 1: The United States and the World Q1. Is it true that the United States contributes more to NATO than any other single nation?Q2. Does membership in the United Nations enhance American foreign policy?Q3. Does the United States maintain military bases all over the world?Q4. Does collective security work?Q5. Does the United States support or have alliances with non-democratic states? 2: Foreign Policy Concepts Q6. Is the Thucydides Trap real?Q7. Do the concepts of power vacuum and balance of power still drive foreign policy?Q8. When is soft power most frequently used to address foreign policy challenges?Q9. When is hard power most frequently used to address foreign policy challenges?Q10. What are the central theories for international relations? 3: Foreign Policy Motives Q11. Does the United States foreign policy include preemptive warfare? Q12. What is just war...

Vorwort
A resource for exploring and understanding the wide range of factors that shape American foreign policy, ranging from deeply held convictions about US roles, rights, and responsibilities on the international stage to partisan efforts to derail political opponents and gain favor with the voting public.

Klappentext

This authoritative work provides students with the tools to explore the wide range of factors that shape American foreign policy, as well as a fact-based approach to examining partisan debates about national security priorities, economic prosperity, and human rights. The book distills a complex topic into 30 essential questions about American foreign policy. Each question is answered in the affirmative or the negative. The answer is then explained in greater factual detail, presenting opposing points of view on the specific topic covered by each question. Primary sources, governmental actors, and top experts in the field are the foundations of this fact-checking exercise. Rather than a specific ideological approach to the topic, this book presents the facts and the arguments surrounding the specifics of American foreign policy. Each title in the Contemporary Debates series examines the veracity of controversial claims or beliefs surrounding a major political/cultural issue in the United States. They do so to give readers a clear and unbiased understanding of current issues by informing them about falsehoods, half-truths, and misconceptions-and confirming the factual validity of other assertions-that have gained traction in America's political and cultural discourse.

Zusammenfassung
Gives readers the resources to explore and understand the wide range of factors that shape American foreign policy, as well as a fact-based approach to examining partisan debates about national security priorities, economic prosperity, capitalism, and human rights. How much foreign aid does the United States give foreign countries? How many military bases do US forces have around the world, and for what reasons? Why are US attitudes about the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) so important to economic and political stability in Europe? Where do America's political parties stand on issues of free trade, counterterrorism, human rights, economic exploitation, and international cooperation on environmental issues such as climate change? How have US relations with China and Russia changed over the last half century? This fact-checking resource answers all these questions and more, drawing on essential primary sources, authoritative government studies and reports, and top experts in the field. Rather than a specific ideological approach to the topic, this book presents the facts pertaining to the most consequential issues in American foreign policy and international relations today.

Inhalt
American Foreign Policy 1: The United States and the World Q1. Is it true that the United States contributes more to NATO than any other single nation? Q2. Does membership in the United Nations enhance American foreign policy? Q3. Does the United States maintain military bases all over the world? Q4. Does collective security work? Q5. Does the United States support or have alliances with non-democratic states? 2: Foreign Policy Concepts Q6. Is the Thucydides Trap real? Q7. Do the concepts of power vacuum and balance of power still drive foreign policy? Q8. When is soft power most frequently used to address foreign policy challenges? Q9. When is hard power most frequently used to address foreign policy challenges? Q10. What are the central theories for international relations? 3: Foreign Policy Motives Q11. Does the United States foreign policy include preemptive warfare? Q12. What is just war theory and how does it apply to American foreign policy? Q13. Is American foreign policy primarily concerned with national security? Q14. Does the United States give foreign aid to other countries? Q15. Does American foreign policy involve nation building? 4: Foreign Policy in History Q16. Has the United St…