US Foreign Policy

Second Edition

Edited by Michael Cox and Doug Stokes

U.S. Foreign Policy provides significantly more comprehensive coverage than competing texts, allowing instructors to customise the text for any module. It is the only textbook to include a section on U.S. foreign policy towards different geographical regions.
It draws together a wide range of leading international scholars from inside and outside of the U.S. to offer students a broad range of perspectives.
Excellent learning features and an extensive Online Resource Centre help to support student learning.

New to this Edition:

Includes two new chapters - an assessment of Barack Obama's use of smart power by Joseph Nye, and a debate about whether the U.S. is in a state of decline by William Wohlforth, Stephen Brooks and Christopher Layne.
All chapters have been updated with important developments affecting U.S. foreign policy including the global financial crisis, the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan, and political uprisings in the Middle East.
Existing chapters have been revised to include more on the practicalities of how foreign policy is made, the U.S. relationship with China, as well as lobbying and interest groups.
Maps of the key regions are now included in the text.

US Foreign Policy

Second Edition

Edited by Michael Cox and Doug Stokes

Description

U.S. Foreign Policy provides the most comprehensive overview of America's role in international politics. Expert contributors focus in turn on the historical background, institutions, regional relations, and contemporary issues that are key to its foreign policy-making.

The second edition includes two new chapters on Obama's use of smart power and a debate on the nature of U.S. hegemony. All chapters have been updated with important developments including the effects of the global financial crisis, the on-going conflict in Afghanistan, and political uprisings in the Middle East.

Incorporating helpful learning features and an extensive accompanying website, this is the ideal textbook for students of U.S. foreign policy.

The following resources for students and lecturers can be found on the Online Resource Centre:

For students:

- Interactive map detailing U.S. foreign policy by region
- Timeline of key events in U.S. foreign policy
- Multiple choice questions
- Web links

For lecturers:

- Essay questions
- Seminar questions and activities

US Foreign Policy

Second Edition

Edited by Michael Cox and Doug Stokes

Introduction: US Foreign Policy - Past, Present and Future, Michael Cox and Doug Stokes
1: Theories of US foreign policy, Brian Schmidt
2: American Exceptionalism, Daniel Deudney
Historical contexts
3: The US rise to world power 1776-1945, Walter LaFeber
4: American foreign policy during the Cold War, Richard Saul
5: America in the 1990s: searching for purpose, John Dumbrell
6: Obama and smart power, Joseph Nye
Institutions and processes
7: The foreign policy process: executive, congress, intelligence, Michael Foley
8: Military power and US foreign policy, Beth A. Fischer
9: Regional shifts and US foreign policy, Peter Trubowitz
10: Media and US foreign policy, Piers Robinson
11: Identities and US foreign policy, Christina Rowley and Jutta Weldes
The United States and the world
12: US foreign policy in the Middle East, Toby Dodge
13: The USA and the EU, Mike Smith
14: US foreign policy in Russia, Peter Rutland
15: The USA, China, and rising Asia, Michael Cox
16: US foreign policy in Latin America, James Dunkerley
17: US foreign policy in Africa, Robert G. Patman
Key issues
18: Global economy, Peter Gowan & Doug Stokes
19: Global terrorism, Paul Rogers
20: Global environment, Robyn Eckersley
Futures and scenarios
21: American foreign policy after 9/11, Caroline Kennedy-Pipe
22: The future of US foreign policy, Anatol Lieven
23: US primacy or decline?: a debate, William Wohlforth, Stephen G. Brooks & Christopher Layne

US Foreign Policy

Second Edition

Edited by Michael Cox and Doug Stokes

Author Information

Edited by Michael Cox, Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Doug Stokes, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Exeter

Michael Cox is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science

Doug Stokes is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Exeter

Contributors:

Stephen G. Brooks, Dartmouth College
Michael Cox, London School of Economics and Political Science
Daniel Deudney, John Hopkins University
Toby Dodge, Queen Mary, University of London
John Dumbrell, Durham University
James Dunkerley, Queen Mary, University of London
Robyn Eckersley, University of Melbourne
Beth A. Fischer, University of Toronto
Michael Foley, Aberystwyth University
Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, University of Hull
Walter LaFeber, Cornell University
Christopher Layne, Texas A&M University
Anatol Lieven, Kings College, University of London
Joseph Nye, Harvard University
Robert G. Patman, University of Otago
Piers Robinson, Manchester University
Paul Rogers, Bradford University
Christina Rowley, University of Bristol
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Richard Saull, Queen Mary, University of London
Brian Schmidt, Carleton University
Mike Smith, Loughborough University
Doug Stokes, University of Kent
Peter Trubowitz, University of Texas
Jutta Weldes, University of Bristol
William Wohlforth, Dartmouth College