Open Secrets of American Foreign PolicyAmerican foreign policy is a dynamic and often controversial field, and is currently a topic of deep interest given recent developments in the Middle East, North Korea and China. In order to understand where US foreign policy is headed, it is important to first examine where it came from. This book provides an analysis of the political, economic and military history of American foreign policy, with the aim of divulging important details that most people have either never learned or forgotten OCo hence the phrase OC open secretsOCO. Covering events such as the attack on Pearl Harbor and the American Revolution, as well as American involvement in the Korean War and the collapse of Nationalist China, this fascinating book debunks a number of myths held by most people regarding US foreign policy, revealing some surprising conclusions." |
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Contents
1 Introduction 1 | 1 |
2 Pearl Harbor 3 | 3 |
3 The Collapse of Nationalist China 17 | 17 |
4 The Korean War and the Army of the Republic of Korea 29 | 29 |
5 The War of the American Revolution 37 | 37 |
6 The Japanese Move South 43 | 43 |
7 The Pinochet Effect 53 | 53 |
8 The First War the United States Lost? 63 | 63 |
12 Further Thoughts on the Korean War 85 | 85 |
13 Submarines 93 | 93 |
14 Aggression 103 | 103 |
15 The Democratic Peace 109 | 109 |
16 City Bombing 113 | 113 |
17 People Who Committed Atrocities 121 | 121 |
18 Elementary Theory 125 | 125 |
Perhaps the Reader Can Solve Them 131 | 131 |
9 Did Kennedy Have More Popular Votes in 1960? 69 | 69 |
10 Drugs and Some Remarks on the Constitution 73 | 73 |
11 He Who Takes the Sword 81 | 81 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Open Secrets of American Foreign Policy |
| Author | Gordon Tullock |
| Publisher | World Scientific, 2007 |
| ISBN | 9812771697, 9789812771698 |
| Length | 155 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / International Relations / General Political Science / Public Policy / General |
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