US foreign policy decision-making from Truman to Kennedy : responses to international challenges

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US foreign policy decision-making from Truman to Kennedy : responses to international challenges

Alex Roberto Hybel

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

1st ed

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Bibliography: p. [229]-236

Includes index

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The book has three objectives: to expose students to the ways different US presidents handled major foreign policy making problems; to test the explanatory value of alternative decision-making models; And to reintroduce students to a wide range of critical US foreign policy issues.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Alternative Theoretical Perspectives 1. Harry Truman, the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Japan and the End of the Second World War 2. Harry Truman and the Decisions to Intervene in the Korean War and To Cross the 38th Parallel 3. Dwight Eisenhower and the Decision to Intervene Covertly in Guatemala 4. Dwight Eisenhower and the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956 5. John F. Kennedy and the Decision to Intervene Covertly in Cuba 6. John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis 7. Intuition, Rationality, Mindsets, and Foreign Policy Decision-Making Models

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