TY - BOOK AU - Viotti,Paul R TI - American foreign policy T2 - War and conflict in the modern world SN - 9780745642406 AV - E183.7 .V49 2010 U1 - 327.73 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Cambridge PB - Polity KW - United States KW - Foreign relations KW - History KW - Philosophy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-240) and index; 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 ER -