In this insightful study, Paul Y. Hammond, an experienced analyst of
bureaucratic politics, adapts and extends that approach to explain and
evaluate the Johnson administration’s performance in foreign
relations in terms that have implications for the post–Cold War era.
The book is structured around three case studies of Johnson’s
foreign policy decision making. The first study examines economic and
political development. It explores the way Johnson handled the
provision of economic and food assistance to India during a crisis in
India’s food policies. This analysis provides lessons not only for
dealing with African famine in later years but also for assisting
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The second case study
focuses on U.S. relations with Western Europe at a time that seemed to
require a major change in the NATO alliance. Here, Hammond illuminates
the process of policy innovation, particularly the costs of changing
well-established policies that embody an elaborate network of
established interests. The third case study treats the Vietnam War,
with special emphasis on how Johnson decided what to do about Vietnam.
Hammond critiques the rich scholarship available on Johnson’s
advisory process, based on his own reading of the original sources.
These case studies are set in a larger context of applied theory that
deals more generally with presidential management of foreign
relations, examining a president’s potential for influence on the
one hand and the constraints on his or her capacity to control and
persuade on the other. It will be important reading for all scholars
and policymakers interested in the limits and possibilities of
presidential power in the post–Cold War era.
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ISBN
9780292788848
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
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University of Texas Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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