U.S. Presidents and Foreign Policy Mistakes

by Akan Malici, Stephen Walker, Stephen G. Walker

Book Overview

Mistakes, in the form of bad decisions, are a common feature of every presidential administration, and their consequences run the gamut from unnecessary military spending, to missed opportunities for foreign policy advantage, to needless bloodshed. This book analyzes a range of presidential decisions made in the realm of US foreign policy-with a special focus on national security-over the past half century in order to create a roadmap of the decision...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804774994
• ISBN13: 9780804774994
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Stanford Security Studies
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"