U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power
Fifth Edition
Video and Multimedia
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.