Readings Flashcards

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Reading for the power struggle between the president and congress

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‘changes in the making of foreign policy’

By Hamilton and Tama

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Reading for the Reagan administration’s approach to the SU

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Toeing the Hardline

Fischer

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Reading that discusses why the SU is like it is

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The Sources of Soviet Conduct

Kennan

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Reading that explores JFK’s approach to the missile crisis

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The Making of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Stern

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Reading that discusses the consequences of the US alliance with Russia during WW2

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Containment: Before Kennan Gaddis

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Reading that discusses what will happen when the US hegemony ends

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Beyond Hegemony

Starobin

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Reading that discusses the internal factors that lead to the collapse of the SU

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Behind a revolution

Aron

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Changes in the Making of Foreign Policy

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Since the 1960s, the general trend has been towards greater congressional assertiveness.

Throughout American history the president has tended to wield the greatest power in foreign policy during times of national crisis, war or heightened public interest in foreign affairs

The presidents of the 20th century enjoyed the most control over foreign policy (Wilson, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Bush)

Congress sends to assert greater authority when the US is at peace and the American people are disengaged from world events (After world war 1, the 1990s)

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Toeing the Hardline

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Did Regan’s administration take a conciliatory approach to the Soviet Union because of Gorbachev’s reforms?

Stance – The US did not adopt conciliatory policies due to the Soviet Union’s actions, and instead began softening its hardline 2 years before the adopted of Glasnost and Perestroika

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The Sources of Soviet Conduct

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Argues that the political personality of Soviet Power is twofold; the product of ideology and circumstance.

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The Making of the Cuban Missile Crisis

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A key lesson from Cuba is that if you are not prepared to risk war, even nuclear war, an adversary can get you to back down. And if you have redlines that if crossed will lead to war, they must be communicated to your enemy and, most importantly, be prepared to back them up if you are to be taken seriously.

The US fails with this in regards to NK

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Containment before Kennan

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FDR ‘held hands with the devil’ during the war, not only to defeat Germany but to preserve the balance of power.

the need to minimise American casualties, even if it meant swapping them for Russian casualties

FDR saw the potential for the cold war, but he chose to hope that it would not arise and focused on the current war instead.

FDR assumed the USSR would be less hostile once it was less insecure.

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Beyond Hegemony

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Chaos
Multipolar Alignment
the Chinese Century
World Government.

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Behind a Revolution

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The soviet model was not defeated on an economic or social level, but on a cultural level.

“Our society, our people, the most educated, the most intellectual, rejected the model on the cultural level because it does not respect the man, oppresses him spiritually and politically”

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