American Foreign Policy: Consensus At Home, Leadership Abroad [Hardcover]

We may be at an historic turning point. We live in a dangerous world, it is truebut it is also a world filled with opportunity. Democracy is spreading in Latin America and perhaps in Asia and Africa. The political polarization of the world has receded. Once again, the human race may be on the verge of a quantum jump, and the U.S. has an historic opportunity to lead the world into a new, even more advanced, global civilization. That is why the crafting of our foreign policy is so important. And this book outlines the problemsand their solutionsof that policy. It will be of vital interest to students and policy makers.KARL VON VORYS is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. His previous works includeAmerican National Interest(Praeger, 1990),Democracy Without Consensus: The Politics of Communalism in Malaysia(1975), andPolitical Development in Pakistan(1965).

Introduction
The Conduct of Foreign Policy
An Exasperating Challenge
Anatomy of a Decision: The Persian Gulf Crisis
Rebuilding the Consensus at Home
National Security
The Soviet Menace
Friends: A Good Idea
Across the North Atlantic
South of the Border
Global Order: An Historic Challenge
Decentralized World Order
Return to Power Politics
Conclusion: Toward Leadership Abroad
Bibliography
Index