Cold War At Home and Abroad - Domestic Politics and Us Foreign Policy Since 1945

This expansive volume contains many lessons for politicians, policy makers, and engaged citizens as they struggle to implement a cohesive international strategy in the face of hyper-partisanship at home and uncertainty abroad.

About the author

Andrew L. Johns is associate professor of history at Brigham Young University and the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies. He is the author of Vietnam's Second Front: Domestic Politics, the Republican Party, and the War. He is also the editor of A Companion to Ronald Reagan and coeditor of Diplomatic Games: Sport, Statecraft, and International Relations since 1945. He is the president of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association in 2018--2019.
Mitchell B. Lerner is associate professor of history at The Ohio State University. He has been a fellow at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia and has held the Mary Ball Washington Distinguished Fulbright Chair at University College--Dublin. He is the author of The Pueblo Incident: A Spy Ship and the Failure of American Foreign Policy, which won the 2002 John Lyman Book Award for the best work of US Naval History. He is also the editor of Looking Back at LBJ: White House Politics in a New Light, and A Companion to Lyndon B. Johnson.

Summary

Americans may cling to the belief that "politics stops at the water's edge," but the reality is that parochial political interests often play a critical role in shaping the nation's interactions with the outside world. In The Cold War at Home and Abroad: Domestic Politics and US Foreign Policy since 1945, editors Andrew L.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew L. Lerner Johns
• Assisted by: Andrew L Johns (Editor), Andrew L. Johns (Editor), Mitchell B Lerner (Editor), Mitchell B. Lerner (Editor)
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780813175737
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-7573-7
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy; Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace; Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace; Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education