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Making Foreign Policy

Making Foreign Policy. Wilson 20 B. Secretary of State President Many agencies CIA Defense FBI D EA Embassies Rivalries. NSC POTUS VP State Defense CIA Joint Chiefs Kissinger Poindexter/North. M achinery. Shift from isolation during WWII Universally popular Great success

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Making Foreign Policy

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  1. Making Foreign Policy Wilson 20 B

  2. Secretary of State • President • Many agencies • CIA • Defense • FBI • DEA • Embassies • Rivalries • NSC • POTUS • VP • State • Defense • CIA • Joint Chiefs • Kissinger • Poindexter/North Machinery

  3. Shift from isolation during WWII • Universally popular • Great success • Defeated evil – Nazis • Avenged homeland – Pearl Harbor • Became world power • Polls heavily influenced by questions, phrasing, leaders, and events • See table 20.1 on page 540 Public Opinion

  4. Tend to rally around the flag • More important than domestic policy • Fallacy about distaste when soldiers die • Change support to desire of victory • Presidents don’t start wars to boost popularity • General public not informed in foreign affairs • Aught to support troops once they are there • Elites better informed, more internationalist • Opinion changes more rapidly, more liberal Backing the President

  5. Greater influence in foreign policy • Deeply divided worldviews • Shaped by the mistakes of previous generations • Isolationism – withdraw from world affairs • Containment – resist expansion of aggressive nations • Disengagement – burned by Vietnam • 3 ways of interpreting on page 544 • Human Rights – improve lives of people elsewhere • Not consistently applied • New 9/11 reality of terror • Go it alone or build coalition • Pre-emptive action? Cleavages Among Elites

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