Foreign Policy, Inc.: Privatizing America's National Interest

by Lawrence Davidson

Book Overview

Most Americans assume that U.S. foreign policy is determined by democratically elected leaders who define and protect the common good of the citizens and the nation they represent. Increasingly, this conventional wisdom falls short of explaining the real climate in Washington. Well organized private-interest groups are capitalizing on Americans' ignorance of world politics to advance their own agendas. Supported by vast economic resources and powerful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813125243
• ISBN13: 9780813125244
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher