National Interest: Rhetoric, Leadership, and Policy

by W. David Clinton, Kenneth W. Thompson, David W. Clinton

The five essays in this volume address the three basic functions that national interest can perform. First, an attention to national interest can guide the debate on foreign policy. Second, national interest can provide a justification for leadership. Third, national interest can serve as a tool in the formulation and analysis of policy. Daniel Lang asks why national interest apparently so attractive and intellectually sturdy a concept should in practice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819167339
• ISBN13: 9780819167330
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.8"