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16 Cards in this Set
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Alex Roland
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military industrial complex
formation and transformation of MIC and its interaction with government and corporate forces |
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Andrew Bacevich
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discusses interacting factors which led to the current state of American military affairs
neoconservative viewpoint |
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Tony Smith
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influence of ethnic groups on foreign policy
believes in pluralism not multiculturalism does not like hyphenated Amerricanism power belies size |
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Robert Buzzanco
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economic influences primary in Vietnam
dollar gap had to be solved by developing Asian and European markets US conflated nationalism and communism |
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Fredrik Logevall
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Johnson chose war consciously
created the Working Group to gain consensus did not want to be the first president to lose a war had a vested interest in winning the war, which produced bias |
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Walter Isaacson
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Kissinger emphasized realism and national interest highly, but did not discount morality
dealt more with authoritarian rulers with questionable morality brand of realism did not sit well with people |
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Thomas Paterson
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reasons why detente became more palatable and decline of US and USSR as polar powers
1. economic burden 2. challenges within spheres of influence 3. emergence of Third World |
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J.L. Gaddis
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credits Reagan for reducing Cold War tensions
Reagan could balance vision with pragmatism capitalized on Soviet decline with buildup |
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Bernard Lewis
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anti-western sentiment integral to Islamic culture
Islam is tradition bound and resistant to ideas like modernity, secularism, and democracy Islamic rulers blame West for problems |
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Ussama Makdisi
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Islam finds expression in a growing number of Arabs who oppose American foreign policy
US allies self with corrupt oil nations sided with Israel early on opposes popular movements |
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Robert Dallek
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Johnson’s initial continued involvement in Vietnam is understandable because he believed that withdrawal was tantamount to appeasement, and had the support of the public in this
belief in domino theory did not encourage debate |
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Samuel Huntington
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countries need an enemy
without an "other" to define you,a country breaks up |
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Samantha Power
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many Clinton administration officials are to blame for inaction in Rwanda
people didn't seem to care about Rwanda at all |
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Kenton Clymer
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Carter was one of the only presidents who valued human rights, but valued nat'l interest higher
supported Khmer Rouge b/c of alliance with China and opposition to USSR Brzinski just wanted to discredit USSR and Vietnam, didn't necessarily want to aid Cambodians |
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James Fallows
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"Blind into Baghdad"
Bush administration messed up with Iraq questions how administration could have even thought to have fought it (re-election impending, lack of exit strategy) leadership was important (esp Rummy & Bush) looks chronologically at events |
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Robert Kagan
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why US and Europe see the world differently
power of US, weakness of EUR US willing to use power |
