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The United States faces growing challenges to its primacy in the global balance of power. The very factors that gave rise to its predominance—a historic sense of exceptionalism, the sharing and fragmentation of political power, a dynamic and vocal civil society, and an abiding faith in open markets—also create vulnerabilities for the country. Fast-moving developments overseas, however, won't wait for U.S. leaders to overcome the many threats to America’s world power. The fourth edition of Hook’s best-selling text provides students with a concise and accessible overview of this foreign policy paradox and how it reveals itself in the policy process.
Key updates of this edition include complete coverage of President Obama’s first term in office, including the global financial crisis, U.S. withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan, the “Arab Spring” and its aftermath, the expansion of “soft power” alongside drone warfare, and the strategic “pivot” to the Asia-Pacific region. Along the way, U.S. Foreign Policy reveals key aspects of the foreign policy process—the roles of top decision makers, the tensions among bureaucratic rivals, the chronic intelligence breakdowns, the impact of Wikileaks and social media, and the pressures exerted by domestic groups that constrain U.S. leadership on such global issues as population growth, climate change, and weapons proliferation.
Instructors and students will appreciate the book’s new full-color interior, expanded graphics program with new and thoroughly updated tables, figures, maps and feature boxes, and end-of-chapter resources for further review and study. Also, available for the first time as a fully interactive eBook, the fourth edition eBook offers links to audio, video, online, reference, and primary source content.
NEW TO THIS EDITION:
- Complete and up-to-date coverage of President Obama’s first term in office.
- Detailed treatment of U.S. withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan, its response to the Arab Spring, ongoing struggles against terrorists, and Obama’s “pivot” to the Asia-Pacific region.
- New discussions of the ongoing economic crisis, partisan gridlock, intelligence breakdowns, the use of drone warfare, and potential shifts in the global balance of power.
- New four-color interior design, with a host of new graphics that bring the book to life.
- A new eBook that makes the learning process truly interactive.
- New scholarship and findings in all areas of U.S. foreign policy.
- An expanded bibliography, the most comprehensive of its kind.
KEY FEATURES
- Examines the limitations of American preeminence in a time of increasing global complexity, providing a clear, informative, and comprehensive analysis of the domestic and international dynamics that shape American foreign policy decisions.
- Covers key historical developments and theories of international relations, provoking discussion and debate on the challenging role that confronts the United States today.
- Captures the paradoxes and complexities of American policy while remaining engaging and theoretically coherent.