TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nuechterlein,Donald Edwin
TI  - United States national interests in a changing world /Donald E. Nuechterlein
SN  - 9780813164106
AV  - E744 .U558 1973
PY  - 1973///
CY  - [Lexington]
PB  - University Press of Kentucky
KW  - United States
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - 1945-1989
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - 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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