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Now that the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the defeat of communism has made the containment policy - the foundation of US foreign relations for almost a half century - obsolete, policymakers and political scientists alike struggle to decide what new strategy should guide the country's involvement on the international stage. In this work, Cecil V. Crabb, Jr., Leila S. Sarieddine and Glenn J. Antizzo identify and analyze six distinct approaches to America's diplomatic course after the Cold War, addressing perhaps the most important question of our time: what should US foreign policy be in the 21st century?
This is the second volume in a series which will examine the credibility of U.S. institutions, policies and leadership. The series is being brought out by the White Burket Miller Center of Public Affairs through the assistance of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The main theme of Professor Crabb's study of pragmatism is that the credibility of philosophies of politics and foreign policies rests on their intellectual foundations. However, the public's acceptance of a philosophy depends on its ability to understand its assumptions and tenets. A philosophy may be sound intellectually but lacking in public understanding and comprehension. ISBN 0-8191-4423-1: $16.50.
Thus it creates a large, predictable framework of legislative activity concerning America's problems abroad to which students of U.S. foreign policy making can relate Congress's actions in any era."--BOOK JACKET.
This book should be of interest to supplementary text in political science courses.