Credibility of Institutions, Policies and Leadership Series – serie

Contemporary international society has been described as an interdependent world. The most urgent problems confronting the world can no longer be solved within national boundaries, making the nation state obsolete. Eastby has contributed an important analytical study of functionalism and interdependence by tracing the core ideas of functionalism as enunciated by David Mitrany and interpretations by thinkers such as Hans Morgenthau and I.L. Claude.

This is the first major original study of pragmatism as it relates to foreign policy. The credibility of philosophies of politics and foreign policies rests on the soundness of its intellectual foundations. The public's acceptance of a philosophy depends also on the ability to comprehend its assumptions and tenets. The question raised in this study is whether the public senses instinctively some of the major tenets of pragmatism without grasping the underlying principles on which it rests. If so, how crucial is this weakness in determining the viability of pragmatism as a philosophy on foreign policy?

This is the first major original study of pragmatism as it relates to foreign policy. The credibility of philosophies of politics and foreign policies rests on the soundness of its intellectual foundations. The public's acceptance of a philosophy depends also on the ability to comprehend its assumptions and tenets. The question raised in this study is whether the public senses instinctively some of the major tenets of pragmatism without grasping the underlying principles on which it rests. If so, how crucial is this weakness in determining the viability of pragmatism as a philosophy on foreign policy?

This discussion of world leadership is approached from two broad perspectives. The first looks at leadership from a functional standpoint. The second examines U.S. leadership in two crucial regions of the world) Asia and the Middle East.

This volume provides comparative insights into the life and work of five postwar leaders whose actions and thought shaped the world.; Contents: Preface Introduction The Dilemmas and Antimonies of Leadership,^R Kenneth W. Thompson Churchill as Philosopher and Statesman, Michael Fowler Jean Monnet and the Cold War, John B. Bellinger III Konrad Adenauer, Michael Baun Eisenhower and Suez, Todd A. Kushner Adlai E. Stevenson, Don Mitchell Kim Il Sung, Captain Jim Marks, USN Adenauer and his Successors, K. Michael Prince

This volume provides comparative insights into the life and work of five postwar leaders whose actions and thought shaped the world.; Contents: Preface Introduction The Dilemmas and Antimonies of Leadership,^R Kenneth W. Thompson Churchill as Philosopher and Statesman, Michael Fowler Jean Monnet and the Cold War, John B. Bellinger III Konrad Adenauer, Michael Baun Eisenhower and Suez, Todd A. Kushner Adlai E. Stevenson, Don Mitchell Kim Il Sung, Captain Jim Marks, USN Adenauer and his Successors, K. Michael Prince

This volume studies the media as a leading institution in American society and an increasingly powerful force in American life. This book provides useful background and fruitful source material for an inquiry into the responsibility of the media.

This volume studies the media as a leading institution in American society and an increasingly powerful force in American life. This book provides useful background and fruitful source material for an inquiry into the responsibility of the media.

Based on original research into the source materials, this book presents a new and realistic interpretation of the first great turning point in the history of United States international relations-namely, its acquisition of the overseas empire of the Philippines.

This volume brings together the addresses and writings of J. Wilson Newman on the principles of the economy and society, throwing more light on the credibility of our private institutions than any other writer. Newman, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dun and Bradstreet, addresses questions on values and choices in business with an understanding that few can match.

^R This volume deals chronologically with the issue of domestic consensus since the Cold War consensus initially crystallized in the late 1940s. Contents: The Cold War Consensus: From Fearful Hostility to Wary Contempt, John Mueller; ^IThe Marshall Plan: A "Non-Presidential" Consensus? David Clinton; Eisenhower, Congress and the Cold War Consensus, Norman A. Graebner; Vietnam and the Breakdown of Consensus, William C. Gibbons; Para-Institutional Elites and Foreign Policy Consensus, Jerry W. Sanders; The Grenada Intervention: Prelude to a New Consensus? Richard A. Melanson.

Focuses on McCarthyism's public backing and the causes of Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall. The book examines the Eisenhower administration's role in the Senator's political collapse and attempts to answer the question: to what extent is this episode exemplary of how a demagogue can be destroyed? Intended not only for students, scholars, and historians but also for a general audience interested in the McCarthy era.