In this insightful study, Paul Y. Hammond, an experienced analyst
of bureaucratic politics, adapts and extends that approach to
explain and evaluate the Johnson administration's performance in
foreign relations in terms that have implications for the post-Cold
War era. The book is structured around three case studies of
Johnson's foreign policy decision making. The first study examines
economic and political development. It explores the way Johnson
handled the provision of economic and food assistance to India
during a crisis in India's food policies. This analysis provides
lessons not only for dealing with African famine in later years but
also for assisting Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The
second case study focuses on U.S. relations with Western Europe at
a time that seemed to require a major change in the NATO alliance.
Here, Hammond illuminates the process of policy innovation,
particularly the costs of changing well-established policies that
embody an elaborate network of established interests. The third
case study treats the Vietnam War, with special emphasis on how
Johnson decided what to do about Vietnam. Hammond critiques the
rich scholarship available on Johnson's advisory process, based on
his own reading of the original sources. These case studies are set
in a larger context of applied theory that deals more generally
with presidential management of foreign relations, examining a
president's potential for influence on the one hand and the
constraints on his or her capacity to control and persuade on the
other. It will be important reading for all scholars and
policymakers interested in the limits and possibilities of
presidential power in the post-Cold War era.
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