Beyond the Waters Edge : How Partisanship Corrupts U.S. Foreign Policy

Columbia University Press

Beyond the Waters EdgeHow Partisanship Corrupts U.S. Foreign Policy\nAuthor(s): Paul Pillar\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Columbia University Press, United States\nImprint: Columbia University Press\nISBN-13: 9780231213165, 978-0231213165\nSynopsis\nIntense partisanship is a familiar part of the contemporary United States, but its consequences do not stop at the countrys borders. The damage now extends to [url] relations with the rest of the world. Too often, political leaders place their own partys interest in gaining and keeping power ahead of the national interest.\n\nPaul R. Pillar examines how and why partisanship has undermined [url] 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 Waters 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 developm.