In the second edition of this highly regarded core text, Steven W. Hook provides an in-depth, yet concise overview of U.S. foreign policy, a process that is shaped by a paradox: the very sources of national strength—a sense of national exceptionalism, a diffusion of political powers, a dynamic civil society, and a globalized market economy—also create vulnerabilities for the United States. In a world where the lines between domestic and foreign-policy concerns are increasingly blurred, where more individuals and groups engage in the policy process, and where newly empowered regimes and non-state actors abroad mobilize against the “unipolar” world order, U.S. foreign policymakers face unprecedented challenges and dangers.

Neatly presented in twelve chapters, U.S. Foreign Policy provides a road map for grasping the complexity of the decision-making process while offering a firm grounding in the key institutions, actors, and issues. This new edition features crucial updates and reorganization, including:

• stand-alone chapters on public opinion and the news media
• a restructured chapter on interest groups that emphasizes the impact of social movements and multinational corporations
• extended discussions of presidential powers, judicial rulings, and intelligence gathering, and
• new sections on energy dependence, immigration, and other “intermestic” issues.

An array of features aid student learning--from a full-color set of updated maps that show multilateral alliances, U.S. interventions, and trade relations, to a wealth of figures, tables, photos, highlighted key terms, and a glossary.

Figures and Tables
Boxes
List of Maps
Preface
Maps

Part I. The Setting of U.S. Foreign Policy

1. The United States in a Turbulent World
Snapshot: The United States in the World
Challenges to U.S. Primacy
The Paradox of America's World Power
Conclusion

2. The Expansion of U.S. Power
Economic and Territorial Expansion
Fighting the Two World Wars
Global Primacy and the Cold War
New Challenges after the Cold War
Conclusion

3. Dynamics of Decision Making
Theories of International Relations
The Governmental Process
The Human Factor
Conclusion

Part II. Inside-Out: Government Sources of Foreign Policy

4. Presidential Power
Structures of the “Presidential Branch”
The Constitution's Mixed Blessing
Presidential Prerogative in the “Zone of Twilight”
Constraints on Presidential Power
Conclusion

5. Congress Beyond the "Water's Edge"
Trends in Congressional Activism
Laying the Institutional Groundwork
Legislating Foreign Policy
The Power of the Purse
Conclusion

6. The Foreign-Policy Bureaucracy
Agency Dysfunctions and the Paradox of World Power
The Diplomatic Complex
The Security Complex
The Intelligence Complex
The Economic Complex
Conclusion

Part III. Outside-In: External Sources of Foreign Policy

7. Public Opinion at Home and Abroad
Democracy and the Paradox of World Power
Public Opinion Since World War II
Coping with Transnational Civil Society
Conclusion

8. The Impact of Mass Communications
Functions of the News Media
Patterns of Foreign-Policy Coverage
Managing the News Media
The Seduction of “Soft News”
The Internet's Window on the World
Conclusion

9. Social Movements and Interest Groups
Groups Action and the Paradox
Dynamics of Social Movements
Types of Foreign Policy NGOs
NGO Functions and Tactics
Buying Power: The Corporate Connection
Conclusion

Part IV. Policy Domains

10. National Security and Defense Policy
The Foundation of Strategy
Justifying the Use of Force
Waging War on Terrorism

11. Economic Statecraft
The Balance of World Economic Power
The Costs and Benefits of Globalization
Trade Policy as a "Two-Level Game"
National Interest and Foreign Aid

12. Transnational Policy Problems
Public Goods and the Illogic of Collective Action
Preserving the Global Commons
Controlling National Borders
Promoting Human Rights and Democracy

"This is one of the best texts I have used that fundamentally grapples with the complexities and constraints of American foreign policy in the 21st century. The framework of the 'Paradox of Power' is easily incorporated into the debates over the War in Iraq and the War on Terror, in addition to other important policy domains such as trade, globalization (and all that it brings), and the environment. Moreover, the book makes a strong connection between the internal and external variables that impact foreign policy; in sum, this is the type of comprehensive text that students can grasp and employ in developing their own understanding of American foreign policy."

- Peter H. Loedel, West Chester University

Steven W. Hook is associate professor of political science at Kent State University. He is the author of U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power (2005), National Interest and Foreign Aid (1995), and editor of Comparative Foreign Policy: Adaptation Strategies of the Great and Emerging Powers (2002) and Foreign Aid Toward the Millennium (1996). He is a past president of the Foreign Policy Analysis sections of the American Political Science Association and the International Studies Association.

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