Beyond the Water′s Edge – How Partisanship Corrupts U.S. Foreign Policy

Name: Beyond the Water′s Edge – How Partisanship Corrupts U.S. Foreign Policy
Brand: Columbia University Press

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Intense partisanship is a familiar part of the contemporary United States, but its consequences do not stop at the country\u2019s borders. The damage now extends to U.S. relations with the rest of the world. Too often, political leaders place their own party\u2019s interest in gaining and keeping power ahead of the national interest.\nPaul R. Pillar examines how and why partisanship has undermined U.S. foreign policy, especially over the past three decades. Placing present-day discord in historical perspective going back to the beginning of the republic, Beyond the Water\u2019s Edge shows that although the corrupting effects of partisan divisions are not new, past leaders were often able to overcome them. Recent social and political trends and developments including the end of the Cold War, however,\n\nBeyond the Water\u2032s Edge \u2013 How Partisanship Corrupts U.S. Foreign Policy\nHow Partisanship Corrupts U. S. Foreign Policy\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item;