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Faces of Power: Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Obama
Seyom Brown
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Description for Faces of Power: Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Obama
Paperback. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1154.
Seyom Brown's authoritative account of U.S. foreign policy from the end of the Second World War to the present challenges common assumptions about American presidents and their struggle with power and purpose. Brown shows Truman to be more anguished than he publicly revealed about the use of the atomic bomb; Eisenhower and George W. Bush to be more immersed in the details of policy formulation and implementation than generally believed; Reagan to be more invested in changing his worldview while in office than any previous president; and Obama to have modeled his military exit from Iraq and Afghanistan more closely ... Read more
Seyom Brown's authoritative account of U.S. foreign policy from the end of the Second World War to the present challenges common assumptions about American presidents and their struggle with power and purpose. Brown shows Truman to be more anguished than he publicly revealed about the use of the atomic bomb; Eisenhower and George W. Bush to be more immersed in the details of policy formulation and implementation than generally believed; Reagan to be more invested in changing his worldview while in office than any previous president; and Obama to have modeled his military exit from Iraq and Afghanistan more closely ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1154g
Number of Pages
864
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231133296
SKU
V9780231133296
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About Seyom Brown
Seyom Brown has been a senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, the Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Harvard University's Belfer Center, the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies, and the American Security Project and has served in the Department of State and the Department of Defense. He has taught at Brandeis University; Harvard University; Columbia ... Read more
Reviews for Faces of Power: Constancy and Change in United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Obama
[A]n analysis with difference-an important difference. Seyom Brown discusses United States policy from the perspective of how decision makers in the United States viewed their adversaries and the alternatives as those decision makers saw them... Well worth the effort of a careful reading. American Political Science Review An outstanding work for understanding the big picture and much detail of American ... Read more