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Leadership and American Foreign Policy
Individuals do matter in international affairs. Examine instances in which American leaders have made important foreign policy decisions. What are the explanations for those decisions? What were the consequences? What other options were available?
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"George W. Bush" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "behavior."
"George W. Bush" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "criticism and interpretation."
"George W. Bush" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "evaluation."
"John F. Kennedy" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "military policy."
"Lyndon Johnson" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "military policy."
"Richard Nixon" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "military policy."
"Jimmy Carter" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "foreign relations."
"George Bush" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "military policy."
"Ronald Reagan" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "military policy."
"Bill Clinton" in the Subject Guide, and then go to subdivision "military policy."
Behind Bush's drive to war. US Pres George W. Bush Joaquin Cabrejas.
The Humanist Nov-Dec 2003 v63 i6 p20(5) (3006 words)
One man's world: George Bush's men have made the imperial grand strategy explicit. But the belief that the US is above international law began long before this president. the big picture Noam Chomsky.
New Statesman (1996) Nov 17, 2003 v132 i4664 p16(4) (3073 words)
What Bush could learn from JFK: Kennedy's bold strategy of peace delivered more for America than Bush's simple warmongering. Special report: the foreign policy crisis Theodore C. Sorensen.
The American Prospect Nov 2003 v14 i10 p34(2) (1599 words)
Rumsfeld's folly: the radical Bush doctrine for America's military was cooked up long before 9-11. Now, theory has become practice--and it doesn't work. Special report: the foreign policy crisis Lawrence Korb.
The American Prospect Nov 2003 v14 i10 p49(3) (2395 words)
Bush was elected at least partly on the premise that he could assemble a strong team to compensate for his inadequacies. Now these heavyweights are at each other's throats. America Andrew Stephen.
New Statesman (1996) Oct 20, 2003 v132 i4660 p8(1) (856 words)
9/11/01: where was George? (Stop The Presses)(Column) Eric Alterman.
The Nation Oct 6, 2003 v277 i10 p10 (1065 words)
A reckless administration may reap disastrous consequences. (Editorial) Robert Byrd.
The Humanist May-June 2003 v63 i3 p24(3) (1474 words)
"Misunderestimating" the war against terrorism. World Watcher Llewellyn D. Howell.
USA Today (Magazine) Nov 2003 v132 i2702 p17(1) (945 words)
Behind Bush's drive to war. US Pres George W. Bush Joaquin Cabrejas.
The Humanist Nov-Dec 2003 v63 i6 p20(5) (3006 words)
Preemptive War Is the Wrong Weapon; Team Bush's rationale for invading Iraq -- to thwart terrorists before they strike -- runs dangerously counter to international law. (AFFAIRS OF STATE) Stan Crock.
Business Week Online Oct 22, 2003 pNA (1188 words)
So, What Went Wrong? Ever since America's decisive military victory, Iraq has been nothing but trouble. TIME reports on the errors and bad guesses, before and after the war, that got the Bush Administration into this spot. (The Miscalculations) Michael Elliott.
Time Oct 6, 2003 v162 i14 p30 (4007 words)
Unilateralism disgraced: the price we all have to pay for Bush's botched tack. (Dispatches) Ivo H. Daalder, James M. Lindsay.
The American Prospect Oct 2003 v14 i9 p17(2) (1619 words)
REAL REASONS. (reasons behind Iraq War) Nicholas Lemann.
The New Yorker Sept 22, 2003 v79 i27 p081 (1091 words)
The Battle Within: Everything changed in the military-intelligence complex after 9/11. Or so its leaders said. How fighting in our ranks affects the war on terror. Evan Thomas, Daniel Klaidman.
Newsweek Sept 15, 2003 p40 (2838 words)
Bush's bipolar disorder and the looming failure of multilateral talks with North Korea. Peter Hayes.
Arms Control Today Oct 2003 v33 i8 p3(4) (3890 words)
'Lyndon B. Bush'? (Bush Administration losing credibility)(Editorial) Eric Alterman. The Nation August 4, 2003 v277 i4 p12 (1017 words)
Tale Of The Cake: Since March 2002, CIA officials had known the Niger tale wasn't credible. So why did it resurface? (Cover/Iraq/The Evidence) Mitch Frank. Time July 21, 2003 v162 i3 p24+ (547 words)
More missing intelligence. (Comment). Robert Dreyfuss. The Nation July 7, 2003 v277 i1 p4 (1398 words)
Intelligence: the achilles heel of the Bush doctrine. Gregory F. Treverton. Arms Control Today July-August 2003 v33 i6 p9(3) (2782 words)
THE NEW WAR MACHINE. (Donald Rumsfeld, et al) Peter J. Boyer. The New Yorker June 30, 2003 v79 i17 p055 (13295 words)
The buck stops here: The Bush administration at war. (Interview). (Bob Woodward)(Interview) Bob Woodward. Harvard International Review Summer 2003 v25 i2 p76(2) (1392 words)
(Over)selling the World on War: The message was plain: Saddam's weapons of mass destruction made war unavoidable. So where are they? Inside the administration's civil war over intel. Evan Thomas, Richard Wolffe, Michael Isikoff. Newsweek June 9, 2003 p24 (2561 words)
Weapons Of Mass Disappearance: The war in Iraq was based largely on intelligence about banned arms that still haven't been found. Was America's spy craft wrong--or manipulated? (Nation) Michael Duffy. Time June 9, 2003 v161 i23 p28+ (2601 words)
(Over)selling the World on War: The message was plain: Saddam's weapons of mass destruction made war unavoidable. So where are they? Inside the administration's civil war over intel. Evan Thomas, Richard Wolffe, Michael Isikoff. Newsweek June 9, 2003 p24
Weapons Of Mass Disappearance: The war in Iraq was based largely on intelligence about banned arms that still haven't been found. Was America's spy craft wrong--or manipulated? (Nation) Michael Duffy. Time June 9, 2003 v161 i23 p28+
WMD? MIA. (Comment). (weapons of mass destruction missing in action) David Corn. The Nation June 2, 2003 v276 i21 p4
Our sitting president: Bush's lack of foreign travel undermines American diplomacy. (Dispatches). Adam M. Smith. The American Prospect June 2003 v14 i6 p17(2)
When Diplomacy Flunks. Ernesto Zedillo. Forbes April 28, 2003 v171 i9 p035
Dominators rule: forget hawks and doves. The post-Cold War political struggle is between "dominators" and "conciliators." Right now, thanks especially to Osama bin Laden, those who believe U.S. national security lies in raw military power, not cooperative agreements, are in control. Michael Krepon. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Jan-Feb 2003 v59 i1 p55(6) Mag.Coll.: 112J3448.
JFK'S second term: toward the end of his life John F. Kennedy increasingly distrusted his military advisers and was changing his views on foreign policy. A fresh look at the final months of his presidency suggests that a second Kennedy term might have produced not only an American withdrawal from Vietnam but also rapprochement with Fidel Castro's Cuba. Robert Dallek.
The Atlantic Monthly June 2003 v291 i5 p58(7) (5644 words)
JFK's first-strike plan. (John F. Kennedy and the Berlin crisis of 1961) Fred Kaplan. The Atlantic Monthly Oct 2001 v288 i3 p81 Mag.Coll.: 109K2004.
Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis. (Brief Article) Gillian Staerck. Modern History Review Sept 2001 v13 i1 p34
Whether to "Strangle the Baby in the Cradle": The United States and the Chinese Nuclear Program, 1960-64. William Burr, Jeffrey T. Richelson. International Security Winter 2000 v25 i3 p54
From the eye of storm: the key moments of the Cuban Missile crisis - as seen by a man who was in the thick of it. (includes excerpts from 'The Kennedy Tapes: Inside the White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis') Theodore C. Sorenson. Washington Monthly Nov 1997 v29 n11 p25(5) Mag.Coll.: 91F3358.
"In an atmosphere of national peril": the development of John F. Kennedy's world view. Michael R. Meagher. Presidential Studies Quarterly Summer 1997 v27 n3 p467(13)
Classified disaster: the Bay of Pigs operation was doomed by presidential indecisiveness and lack of commitment. Jack Hawkins. National Review Dec 31, 1996 v48 n25 p36(3) Mag.Coll.: 87E1509.
Nuclear weapons in Kennedy's foreign policy. (John F. Kennedy) Philip Nash. The Historian Wntr 1994 v56 n2 p285(16)
The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Limits of Crisis Management. RICHARD M. PIOUS. Political Science Quarterly Spring 2001 v116 i1 p81
"One Hell of a Gamble". Karl E. Meyer. World Policy Journal Spring 2001 v18 i1 p113
BERLIN AND CUBA COLD WAR HOTSPOTS. Jim Broderick. History Today Dec 1998 v48 i12 p23(1)
Woodrow Wilson: When to cut your losses; Franklin Roosevelt: The war machine; Harry Truman: Cornered in the Oval; John Kennedy: On the brink; Lyndon Johnson: At war with himself; Richard Nixon: Playing against type. Michael Schaffer, Marci McDonald, Linda Kulman, Terence Samuel, Marianne Szegedy-Maszak, Thomas Omestad. U.S. News & World Report Feb 25, 2002 p60 Mag.Coll.: 111D0167. Bus.Coll.: 138U2436.
'I Don't See Any Way of Winning': Surprisingly, Lyndon Johnson never thought we could prevail in Vietnam. An exclusive excerpt from his secret tapes. (Book Excerpt) Michael Beschloss. Newsweek Nov 12, 2001 p58 Mag.Coll.: 109C0475. Bus.Coll.: 136U1716.
Was Vietnam JFK's war? (speculation about John F. Kennedy's proposed troop withdrawal from Vietnam)(Column) Oliver Stone. Newsweek Oct 21, 1996 v128 n17 p14(1) Mag.Coll.: 85M0841. Bus.Coll.: 97U1490.
Step by step into a quagmire. (U.S. involvement in Vietnam) (U.S. News & World Report: 60th Anniversary) (Cover Story) Joseph L. Galloway. U.S. News & World Report Oct 25, 1993 v115 n16 pS45(1) Mag.Coll.: 70L1348. Bus.Coll.: 74N2048.
Sacrifice, victimization, and mismanagement of issues: LBJ's Vietnam crisis. (Lyndon B. Johnson) (Special Issue: Public Relations and Religion) David Stiles Shipley. Public Relations Review Fall 1992 v18 n3 p275(12) Bus.Coll.: 67V0142.
Their wars, our choices. Robert W. Tucker. The New Republic Oct 24, 1983 v189 p22(10) Mag.Coll.: 19M5244.
Lyndon Johnson, Vietnam, and Public Opinion: Rethinking Realist Theory of Leadership. LAWRENCE R. JACOBS, ROBERT Y. SHAPIRO. Presidential Studies Quarterly Sept 1999 v29 i3 p592 |
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