Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defining American foreign policy problems -- The global context -- The American national style -- Learning from the past -- Society -- Congress -- Presidency -- Bureaucracy -- Policy-making models -- Diplomacy -- Economic instruments -- Military instruments : big wars -- Military instruments : small wars -- Alternative futures.

"American Foreign Policy helps students develop the critical thinking skills needed to participate in current debates about foreign policy. The thirteenth edition, updated to include recent events such as the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, emerges at a critical time of rising political tensions at home and abroad"--