Diplomacy, Force, and Leadership: Essays in Honor of Alexander L. George

ISBN-13: 9780367007676 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 334 str.

Caldwell, Dan

Opis

Alexander L. George is a paragon of scholarship—an academic who successfully crosses boundaries between theory and policy, political science and several different disciplines, and case study analysis and theory building. Most of all, he bridges the gap between the ivory tower of research and the world of people, power, and politics. In these original essays, former students, colleagues, and admirers collaborate in portraying the research program of Alexander George's scholarship in all its diversity and complexity, examining subjects ranging from the role of beliefs in foreign policy-making to the factors involved in diplomacy and the use of force. Taken together, these essays offer strong testimony to Alexander George's extraordinary vision, erudition, and humanity.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- The Beliefs of Publics and Elites -- U.S. Leadership Attitudes Toward the Soviet Union, 1976–1988 -- Aggressiveness, Involvement, and Commitment in Foreign Policy Attitudes -- From Faith to Failure: On the Erosion of Soviet Optimism -- Leaders and Central Decision-making Groups -- Leaders and Foreign Policy Decision-making -- Afghanistan, Carter, and Foreign Policy Change: The Limits of Cognitive Models -- Dealing with Presidential Disability: The Assassination Attempt on Ronald Reagan and the 25th Amendment -- Interest Group and Bureaucratic Politics and Processes -- Command and Control in Crises: Mechanisms of Indirect Control -- Avoiding Pathologies in Foreign Policy Decision Groups -- Cycling Over Berlin: The Deadline and Wall Crises -- Diplomacy and the Use of Force -- Protracted Foreign Military Intervention: A Structured, Focused Comparative Analysis -- Maintaining Security Systems -- International Multiple Advocacy in U.S. Foreign Policy