| Chapter 20: Foreign and Military Policy
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Chapter 20: Foreign and Military Policy

  • Kinds of Foreign Policy
  • The Constitutional and Legal Context - Presidential Box Score, Evaluating the Power of the President, Checks on Presidential Power
  • The Machinery of Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Policy and Public Opinion - Backing the President, Mass versus Elite Opinion
  • Cleavages Among Foreign Policy Elites - How a Worldview Shapes Foreign Policy
  • The Use of Military Force
  • The Defense Budget - Total Spending, What Do We Get with Our Money?
  • The Structure of Defense Decision-Making - Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Services, The Chain of Command
  • The New Problem of Terrorism
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