American Foreign Policy

In Elusive Victories, Polsky provides a fascinating study of six wartime presidents, drawing larger lessons about the limits of the power of the White House during armed conflict....

Jimmy Carter has been given a free ride from the liberal media, liberal historians, and even the American people, who excuse his political delinquencies and disasters on the grounds that he is a "good" man....

A timely primer on the conflict between the United States and Iran by scholars of Middle Eastern politics who advocate diplomacy and de-escalation....

Resolved is Ban Ki-moon's personal account of his decade at the helm of the organization during a period of historic turmoil and promise....

Debates about U.S. foreign policy have revolved around three main traditions - liberal internationalism, realism, and nationalism....

In the late '80s and early '90s, United States policymakers made intelligence support to the military the Intelligence Community's top priority. In response to this demand, the CIA and DoD instituted policy and organizational changes that altered their relationship with one another....

Across Cultures and Empires is above all an immigrant's story. Mahir Ibrahimov's fluency in multiple languages offers the perspective of someone who found a way to successfully cross boundaries amid the fall of empire and the resulting cascade of conflicts....

Years before September 11, our enemy warned us - and we weren't listening....

While the United States debates, the terrorists are claiming victory and planning to take their show to American soil once again....

An End to Evil charts the agenda for what’s next in the war on terrorism....

What has happened these past eight years is well known. Why it happened continues to puzzle. Daydream Believers explains how George W. Bush and his aides got so far off track....

Want to understand wars in the Mid East? What strategies and tactics will win? It's all in this small dangerous book. Free preview, look inside to ...

Conduct Unbecoming reveals how President Obama’s disregard for the military and a strong foreign policy is exposing us to unprecedented risks in the 21st century....

In North Korea and the World, Clemens poses the question, "Can, should, and must we negotiate with a regime we regard as evil?" He concludes that the answer is yes....

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan convinced many policymakers that the United States should pull back in international affairs and that restraint should guide strategy....

In The Emergency State, leading global affairs commentator David C. Unger reveals the hidden costs of America's obsessive pursuit of absolute national security.

Not since Richard Nixon's heyday has there been a more controversial president capable of polarizing public opinion than George W. Bush....

Working behind the scenes for 18 months, Woodward has written the most intimate and sweeping portrait of Obama making globally critical decisions....

Secrets and Leaks examines the complex relationships among executive power, national security, and secrecy....

Even though the collapse of the Soviet Union left America as the sole world superpower, the United States sought to promote a world order based on ...