| Description |
1 online resource (265 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Series page; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1. National Interest: What Is It?; Basic National Interests; Intensities of Interest; The National Interest Matrix; 2. When Is an Interest Vital?; Value Factors; Cost/Risk Factors; Assessing Values and Cost/Risks; 3. Wilson's and Roosevelt's Perceptions of National Interest; Wilson and World War I; Roosevelt and World War II; 4. Truman's and Johnson's Perceptions of National Interest; Truman and the Korean War; Johnson and the Vietnam War; 5. Comparing Presidential Decisions in Four Foreign Wars |
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Presidential Perceptions of InterestAssessing Value and Cost/Risk Factors; Comparative Interests among Antagonists; The President and Congress: Constitutional and Political Questions; 6. Nixon's View of the U.S. National Interest in Cambodia; The Cambodian Incursion; Nixon and the National Interest; Assessing the Cambodia Gamble; 7. The National Security Council and the War Powers Act; Presidential Use of the National Security Council: 1948-1968; Nixon and Kissinger's National Security Council; Carter and Brzezinski's National Security Council; The President and the War Powers Act of 1973 |
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Conclusion8. The Panama Canal Issue; Historical Background; The National Interests of Panama; The Interests of Latin American States; United States Interests in Panama; The Debate in the United States; Scenarios for U.S.-Panamanian Relations; The Outlook; 9. The Prospect of Quebec's Separation from Canada; The National Interests of Canada; The National Aims of Quebec Separatists; United States Interests in Canada; Crisis in Canada: Three Scenarios; The Outlook; 10. The Threat of Race War in South Africa; South Africa's National Interests; United States Interests in Southern Africa |
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Interests of Black African StatesFuture Scenarios; The Outlook; 11 . Epilogue: The Challenge to Carter; Notes; Index |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429706417 |
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0429706413 |
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