Divided America on the world stage
Subtitle: broken government and foreign policy
By: Howard J. Wiarda.
Publisher: Potomac Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781597972901; 9781597972932
Subjects: Political culture -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Decision making; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-; United States -- Foreign relations administration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : crisis and calamity in American foreign policy; title: Models of foreign policy-making; title: Who are we? American political culture in transition; title: Public opinion and foreign policy; title: The media and foreign policy; title: Interest groups and foreign policy; title: Parties, politics, and foreign policy; title: The new powerhouses : think tanks and foreign policy; title: Washington social life and foreign policy; title: Congress : the broken branch; title: bureaucratic politics : State, Defense, CIA, FBI, Homeland Security; title: Why so ineffective?; title: The National Security Council : at the apex of the system; title: The presidency and foreign policy; title: Conclusion : broken government : can it be fixed?.