US Foreign Policy Decision-Making from Truman to Kennedy [electronic resource] : Responses to International Challenges /
Hybel, A.author.
The book has three objectives: to expose students to the ways different US presidents handled major foreign policy making problems; to test the explanatory value of alternative decision-making models; And to reintroduce students to a wide range of critical US foreign policy issues.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Alternative theoretical perspectives -- Harry Truman, the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan and the end of the Second World War -- Harry Truman and the decisions to intervene in the Korean War and to cross the 38th Parallel -- Dwight Eisenhower and the decision to intervene covertly in Guatemala -- Dwight Eisenhower and the Suez Canal crisis of 1956 -- John F. Kennedy and the decision to intervene covertly in Cuba -- John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis -- Intuition, rationality, mindsets, and foreign policy decision-making models.
The book has three objectives: to expose students to the ways different US presidents handled major foreign policy making problems; to test the explanatory value of alternative decision-making models; And to reintroduce students to a wide range of critical US foreign policy issues.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Europe—Politics and government.
International relations.
World politics.
United States—History.
History, Modern.
Political science.
European Politics.
International Relations.
Political History.
US History.
Modern History.
Political Science.