Ballots, Bullets, and Bargains - American Foreign Policy and Presidential Elections

Informationen zum Autor Michael H. Armacost is the Shorenstein Distinguished Fellow at Stanford University's Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. He has served in senior positions at the State Department! the Defense Department! and the National Security Council Staff! and was president of the Brookings Institution from 1995 to 2002. He has received the President's Distinguished Service Award! the Defense Department's Distinguished Civilian Service Award! the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award! and the Japanese government's Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun. He is the author of Friends or Rivals? The Insider's Account of U.S.-Japan Relations and The Politics of Weapons Innovation: The Thor-Jupiter Controversy. Klappentext A long-time public servant explicitly connects the various phases of our presidential election system to the content and conduct of American foreign policy. Zusammenfassung A long-time public servant explicitly connects the various phases of our presidential election system to the content and conduct of American foreign policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Elections! Parties! and Politics2. Quest for the Nomination: Appealing to the Base3. Campaigns: Opportunities and Challenges for Incumbents4. Campaigns: Opportunities and Challenges for Challengers5. Presidential Transitions6. Launching a Presidential TermConclusionNotesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Michael Armacost, Michael H. Armacost, Armacost Michael H., Michael Armacost
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.08.2015
• EAN: 9780231169929
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16992-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, International Relations, Politics & government, Political science and theory, Elections and referenda / suffrage