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Paperback / softback. New. Drawing on twenty-four years of experience in government, Michael H. Armacost explores how the contours of the U.S. presidential election system influence the content and conduct of American foreign policy. He examines how the nomination battle impels candidates to express deference to the foreign policy DNA of their party and may force an incumbent to make wholesale policy adjustments to fend off an intra-party challenge for the nomination. He describes the way reelection campaigns can prod a chief executive to fix long-neglected problems, kick intractable policy dilemmas down the road, settle for modest course corrections, or scapegoat others for policies gone awry. Armacost begins his book with the quest for the presidential nomination and then moves through the general election campaign, the ten-week transition period between Election Day and Inauguration Day, and the early months of a new administration. He notes that campaigns rarely illuminate the tough foreign…
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- Title Ballots, Bullets, and Bargains: American Foreign Policy and Presidential Elections
- Author Michael Armacost
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press
- ISBN 9780231169936 / 0231169930
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.9 in (22.10 x 14.48 x 2.29 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Dewey Decimal Code 327.73
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