The United States has been marked by a highly politicized and divisive history of foreign
policy-making. Why do the nation's leaders find it so difficult to define the national interest …

In 1950, the US military budget more than tripled while plans for a national health care
system and other new social welfare programs disappeared from the agenda. At the same …

The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union have produced marked
changes in the defense spending preferences of politically informed Americans, but …

Although it is widely acknowledged that economic interests influence the politics of trade
policy, most research on international relations treats security issues differently. Do …

Abstract Ikenberry, John G., American Foreign Policy: Theoretical Essays, 4th
Edition*\Featuring 28 thought-provoking essays collected from scholarly journals, this highly …

The literature on the role of ideology in congressional voting argues that congressional
preferences are driven by a commitment to coherent sets of ideas and principles. These …

Will'making a Living'remain a dream for the deprived and excluded? Jobs are one of
Europe's most important problems. Employment provides the basic means of distributing …

This paper analyses the geography of the defense-related industrial work force in the United
States. We hypothesize that the peculiar locational proclivities of military industrial firms and …

For over two decades American foreign policy has been the subject of protracted conflict.
Deep divisions exist over the uses of American power. This study argues that this conflict is …

Challenging the traditional notion that state officials act autonomously in formulating and
implementing international policy, the contributors to this volume argue that the influence of …