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Sailing the Water's Edge - The Domestic Politics of American Foreign Policy (Hardcover)
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Sailing the Water's Edge - The Domestic Politics of American Foreign Policy (Hardcover)
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When engaging with other countries, the U.S. government has a
number of different policy instruments at its disposal, including
foreign aid, international trade, and the use of military force.
But what determines which policies are chosen? Does the United
States rely too much on the use of military power and coercion in
its foreign policies? Sailing the Water's Edge focuses on how
domestic U.S. politics--in particular the interactions between the
president, Congress, interest groups, bureaucratic institutions,
and the public--have influenced foreign policy choices since World
War II and shows why presidents have more control over some policy
instruments than others. Presidential power matters and it varies
systematically across policy instruments. Helen Milner and Dustin
Tingley consider how Congress and interest groups have substantial
material interests in and ideological divisions around certain
issues and that these factors constrain presidents from applying
specific tools. As a result, presidents select instruments that
they have more control over, such as use of the military. This
militarization of U.S. foreign policy raises concerns about the
nature of American engagement, substitution among policy tools, and
the future of U. S. foreign policy. Milner and Tingley explore
whether American foreign policy will remain guided by a grand
strategy of liberal internationalism, what affects American foreign
policy successes and failures, and the role of U.S. intelligence
collection in shaping foreign policy. The authors support their
arguments with rigorous theorizing, quantitative analysis, and
focused case studies, such as U.S. foreign policy in Sub-Saharan
Africa across two presidential administrations. Sailing the Water's
Edge examines the importance of domestic political coalitions and
institutions on the formation of American foreign policy.
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