Making American Foreign Policy

Abstract

1. Introduction: Beliefs, Perceptions, and Opinions in Policy Making PART I Foreign Policy Leaders: Beliefs and Cognitive Processes 2. The Belief System and National Images: A Case Study 3. Cognitive Process Approaches to Decision-Making: Foreign Policy Actors Viewed Psychologically PART II Opinion Leaders, Public Opinion, and American Foreign Policy 4. Public Opinion and Foreign Policy: Challenges to the Almond-Lippmann Consensus 5. The Three-Headed Eagle: The United States and System Change 6. Vietnam, Consensus and the Belief Systems of American Leaders 7. Liberals, Populists, Libertarians and Conservatives: The Link Between Domestic and International Affairs 8. Promotion of Democracy as a Popular Demand? 9. A Widening Gap Between the U.S. Military and Civilian Society? Some Evidence, 1976-96 10. Public Opinion and Foreign Policy 11. A Return to Isolationism and Unilateralism? American Public Opinion, Pre- and Post-September 11 PART III Conclusion: Theories of International Relations and Foreign Policy Analysis 12. Theories of International Relations 13. Concluding Thoughts on American Foreign Policy Index