Understanding America's foreign policy
Subtitle: a competitive perspective
By: William M. Hickman, Jr. & Neville D. Barnett.
Contributors: Barnett, Neville D.
Publisher: Global Perspectives Pub.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Knoxboro, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: UNDERSTANDING AMERICA'S FOREIGN POLICY 3; title: TABLE OF CONTENTS 5; title: PREFACE 13; title: ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK 19; title: CHAPTER ONE: 21; title: UNDERSTANDING AMERICA'S FOREIGN POLICY: 21; title: AN OVERVIEW 21; title: HOW NATIONS INTERACT: COOPERATION AND COMPETITION 23; title: WHO OR WHAT DECIDES A NATION'S ACTIONS? 24; title: WHAT MOTIVATES NATIONS? 32; title: THE MODERN SOCIETY 35; title: THE NEED FOR A PROCESS FOR SETTING FOREIGN POLICY 36; title: THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS 37; title: COMPETITION: AN AMERICAN COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE 41; title: SUMMARY 42; title: CHAPTER TWO: 43; title: ELEMENTS OF STRATEGY AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE 43; title: THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS 46; title: WHY COMPETITION IS SO IMPORTANT TO AMERICA 53; title: EVALUATING FACTS and BEHAVIORS 60; title: THE BEST STRATEGY 70; title: SUMMARY 76; title: CHAPTER THREE: 79; title: SELF INTEREST AND POWER 79; title: THE BASIS OF INDIVIDUAL SELF-INTEREST 80; title: SUMMARY OF AN INDIVIDUAL'S SELF-INTEREST 84; title: THE PILLARS OF FREEDOM 85; title: PROBLEMS CREATED BY INDIVIDUAL SELF-INTEREST 87; title: LINKING INDIVIDUAL SELF-INTEREST TO NATIONAL SELF-INTEREST: AN OVERVIEW 88; title: GROUPS AND LEADERS: THE LINK BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND NATIONAL SELF-INTEREST 89; title: LEADERS: FOCUSING POWER 91; title: ISSUES WITH LINKAGES 95; title: SOME IMPLICATIONS OF THE PUSH TO SELF-INTEREST 97; title: SUMMARY 100; title: CHAPTER FOUR: 103; title: AMERICA'S STRENGTHS 103; title: AMERICA AND THE MODERN SOCIETY 104; title: THE WAY THE U.S. WORKS IN THE WORLD 108; title: WHAT THE U.S. IS: 109; title: HOW AMERICA WORKS: ALLIANCES 112; title: EXAMPLES OF CONTROLLING/GUIDING 113; title: THE MODERN SOCIETY: A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE 122; title: SUMMARY 122; title: CHAPTER FIVE: 125; title: OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICA 125; title: PARADIGM SHIFT: THE NEW EMPIRE 126; title: CONTROL VERSUS COOPERATION 128; title: POPULATION GROWTH & GAINING PERSONAL FREEDOM 130; title: POPULATION: A PERSPECTIVE 131; title: ARE POPULATION AND VITALITY RELATED? 133; title: PARADIGM SHIFT: SECURITY NEEDS AND THE NEW MILITARY 138; title: THE CONTINUING REVOLUTIONS: DIGITAL, INFORMATION, COMMUNICATIONS 140; title: TOOLS FOR COOPERATION AND DICTATING 144; title: SUMMARY 146; title: CHAPTER SIX: 149; title: THREATS TO AMERICA'S FREEDOMS 149; title: THREATS FROM A LARGE POPULATION 150; title: SECURITY THREATS: ROGUE STATES, TRIGGERS AND TERRORISTS 152; title: TRIGGER POINTS AND NON-TRIGGER POINTS 155; title: THREATS TO ALLIANCES 162; title: THREATS FROM OTHER SYSTEMS 163; title: IS THERE A BETTER MODERN SOCIETY THAN THE AMERICAN MODEL? 166; title: RANDOM EVENTS AND MISTAKES 171; title: SUMMARY OF THREATS 174; title: CHAPTER SEVEN: 175; title: THREATS TO AMERICA'S COMPETITIVE POSITION 175; title: CHALLENGES FROM OTHER REGIONS 176; title: SUMMARY OF REGIONAL CHALLENGERS 186; title: INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES AS CHALLENGERS 186; title: MONOPOLIES AND OTHER CHALLENGES 200; title: SUMMARY 203; title: CHAPTER EIGHT: 205; title: AMERICA'S WEAKNESSES 205; title: SETTING PRIORITIES 206; title: RESOURCES AND LIMITS: AMERICA'S WORKING CAPITAL 219; title: SYSTEM CONFLICTS: INNOVATION, INDIVIDUALISM, AND THE POPULATION 224; title: AN EXAMPLE OF A PRIORITY CHOICE FOR AMERICA 230; title: SUMMARY 231; title: CHAPTER NINE: 233; title: AMERICA'S STRATEGY AND FOREIGN POLICY 233; title: INFLUENCES ON AMERICA'S CHOICE OF STRATEGY 233; title: DOES AMERICA NEED A STRATEGY? 236; title: LIMITS TO STRATEGY 238; title: AMERICA'S STRATEGY 239; title: KEY INITIATIVES OF AMERICA'S FOREIGN POLICY 240; title: WHAT OTHER ROLES ARE POSSIBLE? 252; title: AMERICA'S MISSION 255; title: PROCEEDING TO THE GLOBAL CITY 256; title: INTO THE 22ND CENTURY 257.