Viotti, Paul R. <br/><br/>
American foreign policy / 
Paul R. Viotti. 
 - Cambridge, UK :  Polity,  2010. 
 - xvii, 254 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
 - War and conflict in the modern world. .
 - War and conflict in the modern world. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-240) and index. 
<br/><br/>Foreword / by Kenneth M. Jensen -- pt. I, Peaceful engagement, containment, and armed intervention. Peaceful engagement and diplomacy ; Containment of adversaries ; Armed intervention and warfare -- pt. II, Foreign policy in the American experience. Institutionalized practices : the moralism of American exceptionalism ; Intervention and expansionism -- pt. III, Theoretical reflections and practical expectations. Elite understandings of power ; Politics on the Potomac ; Presidential power. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780745642406 (hbk.) 0745642403 (hbk.) 9780745642413 (pbk.)  RM61.31 0745642411 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--History.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Philosophy.