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The policy makers shaping American foreign policy from 1947 to the present /

This book is about policy makers, often unknown, who have wielded enormous influence on U.S. foreign policy. With the advent of the Cold War, presidents moved beyond their secretaries of state and reached out to individuals in the intelligence or military.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Nelson, Anna Kasten.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009.
Subjects:
Since 1945
Statesmen > Biography. > United States
Cabinet officers > Biography. > United States
Legislators > Biography. > United States
Political consultants > Biography. > United States
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Legislative Branch. > Government
Cabinet officers.
Employees.
Diplomatic relations.
Legislators.
Political consultants.
Statesmen.
United States > Biography. > Officials and employees
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
United States.
Electronic books.
Biography.
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • Paul H. Nitze and NSC 68 : "militarizing" the Cold War / Steven L. Rearden
  • "The devil's advocate" : Robert Bowie, western European integration, and the German problem, 1953-1954 / Chris Tudda
  • Walt Whitman Rostow : hawkeyed optimist / Lloyd Gardner
  • Senator Henry Jackson and the demise of détente / Anna Kasten Nelson
  • Zbigniew Brzezinski and Afghanistan / Patrick Vaughan
  • The wave maker : Bill Casey in the Reagan years / John Prados
  • Colin Powell : the rise and fall of the Powell doctrine / Walter LaFeber.

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