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Author Holmes, Jack E.

Title The mood/interest theory of American foreign policy / Jack E. Holmes ; with a foreword by Frank L. Klingberg
Published Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1985

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Description 1 online resource (255 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1. Liberalism, Moods, and American Foreign Policy; 2. Alternate Methodologies and Foreign Policy Concepts; 3. American Foreign Policy Interests: Their Moody Relation to Policy; 4. Mood/Interest Pluralism; 5. American Introversion; 6. Conclusion; Tables; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary In 1952, Frank L. Klingberg's article on introvert and extrovert American foreign policy moods projected an American turn toward introversion in the late 1960s. After this came to pass, Jack Holmes began to develop a theory of how these moods might work in a more specific sense. His mood/interest theory points to a basic conflict between politico-military interests and the foreign policy moods of the American electorate. Holmes presents a pioneering account of the over-whelming impact of public moods on foreign policy. Policy-making structures, executive-legislative relations, presidential ..
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Subject Public opinion -- United States -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
Diplomatic relations
Philosophy
Public opinion
SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140058
United States -- Foreign relations -- Public opinion -- History
United States -- History -- Philosophy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140322
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813163512
081316351X