United States national interests in a changing world /Donald E. Nuechterlein.
- [Lexington] : University Press of Kentucky, (c)1973.
- 1 online resource (xi, 203 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Concept of National Interest; 2 Criteria for Determining Vital Interests; 3 Roles of the President and Congress in Determining Interests; 4 Roles of Private Interest Groups and Mass Media; 5 Foreign Policy Tools in Support of National Interests; 6 Changing Perceptions of United States Interests in Southeast Asia: A Case Study; 7 The Shifting Balance of World Power and United States National Interests; Epilogue; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.
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.
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