Learning Objective 6.1:Summarize two models of foreign policy bureaucracy and how they contribute to dysfunction.

Video

• Bob Woodward Shares Secret War Plans
  
  • Summary: A lengthy summary regarding interviews with members of the Bush Administration conducted by Bob Woodward about the decision-making of the Iraq War.

Web Resources

• The Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
  
  • Summary: A review published every four years by the State Department detailing challenges and concerns in U.S. foreign policy.

 

Learning Objective 6.2: Describe how the United States conducts diplomacy and three key criticisms of it.

Web Resources

• Department of State
  
  • Summary: The web homepage the State Department.

• Hillary Clinton interview
  
  • Summary: A long interview in which Hillary Clinton discusses her time as Secretary of State.

• American diplomacy in a bunker
  
  • Summary: An article following the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens describing his working style in the context of how American diplomacy is conducted in foreign countries.

 

Learning Objective 6.3: Discuss the institutions that comprise the U.S. security complex.

Video

• Future of the U.S. Army
  
  • Summary: A video in which General Ray Odierno, former Army Chief of Staff, discusses changes in the armed forces.

Web Resources

• National Security Council
  
  • Summary: A brief description of the National Security Council.

• Department of Defense
  
  • Summary: The web homepage of the Department of Defense.

• Gates: A warning
  
  • Summary: An article describing statements made by then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates regarding the U.S. willingness to commit to large military operations in foreign countries.

• Department of Homeland Security
  
  • Summary: The web homepage of Department of Homeland Security.

 

Learning Objective 6.4: Explain the work of and challenges facing the U.S. intelligence complex.

Web Resources

• The cost of intelligence
  
  • Summary: A page with data and links regarding U.S. intelligence spending.

• Deafness before the storm
  
  • Summary: An opinion article alleging that the administration of President George W. Bush ignored intelligence regarding the 9/11 attacks and offering several presidential intelligence briefings as evidence.

• Bay of Pigs
  
  • Summary: A short description of the Bay of Pigs operation under President John F. Kennedy.

• Bush-era surveillance
  
  • Summary: An article describing some of the intelligence gathering conducted in the post-9/11 Bush Administration

• Office of the Director of National Intelligence
  
  • Summary: The web homepage of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

 

Learning Objective 6.5: Describe the role of the economy in the bureaucracy of U.S. foreign policy.

Web Resources

• U.S. trade deficit
  
  • Summary: A page discussing U.S. trade and particularly the United States trade deficit.

• Yes, Virginia
  
  • Summary: A web page advertising the state of Virginia as a place for foreign direct investment.

• WTO disputes
  
  • Summary: A chronological list of disputes presented to the World Trade Organization.

• World Bank loans
  
  • Summary: A tool detailing the recipients of World Bank loans.