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US Presidential Elections and Foreign Policy: Candidates, Campaigns, and Global Politics from FDR to Bill Clinton
Andrew Johnstone
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Description for US Presidential Elections and Foreign Policy: Candidates, Campaigns, and Global Politics from FDR to Bill Clinton
Hardback. Editor(s): Johnstone, Andrew; Priest, Andrew. Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy and Peace. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHC; JPHF; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
While domestic issues loom large in voters' minds during American presidential elections, matters of foreign policy have consistently shaped candidates and their campaigns. From the start of World War II through the collapse of the Soviet Union, presidential hopefuls needed to be perceived as credible global leaders in order to win elections -- regardless of the situation at home -- and voter behavior depended heavily on whether the nation was at war or peace. Yet there is little written about the importance of foreign policy in US presidential elections or the impact of electoral issues on the formation of foreign ... Read more
While domestic issues loom large in voters' minds during American presidential elections, matters of foreign policy have consistently shaped candidates and their campaigns. From the start of World War II through the collapse of the Soviet Union, presidential hopefuls needed to be perceived as credible global leaders in order to win elections -- regardless of the situation at home -- and voter behavior depended heavily on whether the nation was at war or peace. Yet there is little written about the importance of foreign policy in US presidential elections or the impact of electoral issues on the formation of foreign ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy and Peace
Condition
New
Number of Pages
374
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813169057
SKU
V9780813169057
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About Andrew Johnstone
Andrew Johnstone is associate professor of American history at the University of Leicester. He is the author of Against Immediate Evil: American Internationalists and the Four Freedoms on the Eve of World War II. Andrew Priest is senior lecturer in history at the University of Essex. He is the author of Kennedy, Johnson and NATO: ... Read more
Reviews for US Presidential Elections and Foreign Policy: Candidates, Campaigns, and Global Politics from FDR to Bill Clinton
This book is part of an important trend in examining the connection between domestic policies and foreign policy. Its chapters will have enduring relevance. - Elizabeth Saunders, author of Leaders at War: How Presidents Shape Military Interventions