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United States National Interests in a Changing World /

Although the term national interest has long been used in reference to the foreign policy goals of nations, there has been no generally agreed upon definition of the concept; as a result, Donald E. Nuechterlein contends, there has been a tendency for foreign policy to be determined by institutional...

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Autor principal: Nuechterlein, Donald E., 1925-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Lexington] : University Press of Kentucky, [1973]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Although the term national interest has long been used in reference to the foreign policy goals of nations, there has been no generally agreed upon definition of the concept; as a result, Donald E. Nuechterlein contends, there has been a tendency for foreign policy to be determined by institutional prejudice and past policy rather than by a systematic assessment of national interests. By what criterion does a President decide that a given interest is or is not vital-that is, whether he must contemplate defending it by force if other measures fail?In this study Nuechterlein offers a new concep.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9780813164106