Ballots, Bullets, and Bargains: American Foreign Policy and Presidential Elections

✍ Scribed by Michael Armacost

Publisher: Columbia University Press
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 299
Edition: Pilot project, eBook available to selected US libraries only
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

A long-time public servant explicitly connects the various phases of our presidential election system to the content and conduct of American foreign policy.

✦ Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Elections, Parties, and Politics
2. Quest for the Nomination: Appealing to the Base
3. Campaigns: Opportunities and Challenges for Incumbents
4. Campaigns: Opportunities and Obstacles for Challengers
5. Presidential Transitions
6. Launching a Presidential Term
Conclusion
Notes
Index

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