Publisher's Synopsis
Previously "The Faces of Power: United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Reagan", this text has been newly revised and updated to include information on the Bush and Clinton presidencies. It synthesizes a range of material from recent scholarship, archives, presidential addresses and personal memoirs to trace major US policy debates and decisions from the end of World War II to the present day. The author focuses on the basic premises of US policy-makers regarding the country's international interests and goals. A major theme is the end of the Cold War, the events that led to its demise, and the future scenarios that are possible.
