United States foreign policy making : process, problems, and prospects / William H. Baugh.

Introduction and overview: Perspectives on U.S. foreign policy, the United States and the Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991; Themes in U.S. foreign policy, continuity and evolution; New world disorders, Into the twenty-first century -- Who makes U.S. foreign policy and why it often goes wrong: Actors who make U.S. foreign policy and their relative influences; Models and problems of policy designmaking; Who makes policy and where?; Feedback evaluating and correcting policy -- Tools of policy: Power and influence, a multifaceted interpretation of traditional political concepts; Security, security dilemmas, and military instruments of policy; Diplomacy and negotiation; International political economy and economic policy tools; International collective action in U.S. foreign policy -- Increasingly interesting times, problems and prospects: Development and the global context of U.S. foreign policy; First tier and near first tier, the developed and nearly developed world; Second tier, the developing world; Cross-tier is

[The book] focuses on building students' skills in analyzing foreign policy issues in a post-Cold War context, including the search for a new framework to guide the future of foreign policy making. [It] explores the tremendous changes now required from U.S. foreign policy makers.... The goal of [this book] is to equip students with the skills to analyze not just the past, but current and future foreign policy events as well. The text uses a systems approach designed to provide students with knowledge about the many individuals and organizations that plan and execute policy, the relationships between them, and how they work together to formulate and carry out established policy. -Back cover.