New presidents have no honeymoon when it comes to foreign
policy. Less than three months into his presidency, for example,
John F. Kennedy authorized the disastrous effort to overthrow Fidel
Castro at the Bay of Pigs. More recently, George W. Bush had been
in office for less than eight months when he was faced with the
attacks of September 11. How should an incoming president prepare
for the foreign policy challenges that lie immediately ahead?
That's the question Kurt Campbell and James Steinberg tackle in
this compelling book. Drawing on their decades of government
service --in the corridors of Capitol Hill, the intimate confines
of the White House, the State Department, and the bare-knuckles
Pentagon bureaucracy --Campbell and Steinberg identify the major
foreign policy pitfalls that face a new presidential
administration. They explain clearly and concisely what it takes to
get foreign policy right from the start. The authors set the scene
with a historical overview of presidential transitions and foreign
policy including case studies of such prominent episodes as the
"Black Hawk Down" tragedy in Somalia that shook the Clinton
administration in its first year and the Bush administration's
handling of the collision between a U.S. reconnaissance plane and a
Chinese fighter jet in the spring of 2001. They pinpoint the
leading causes of foreign policy fiascos, including the tendency to
write off the policies of the outgoing administration and the
failure to appreciate the differences between campaign promises and
policy realities. Most important, they provide a road map to help
the new administration steer clear of the land mines ahead.
America's next president will confront critical foreign policy
decisions from day one. Dif "ficult Transitions pr"ovides essential
guidance for getting those choices right.
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