US Presidential Elections and Foreign Policy (eBook)

lt;P>Andrew Johnstone is associate professor of American history at the University of Leicester. He is the author of Against Immediate Evil: American Internationalists and the Four Freedoms on the Eve of World War II.

Andrew Priest is senior lecturer in history at the University of Essex. He is the author of Kennedy, Johnson and NATO: Britain, America and the Dynamics of Alliance, 1962--68.

A Godsend to the Country? Roosevelt, Willkie and the Election of 1940FDR's Closest Contender: Thomas E. Dewey and the 1944 ElectionContaining Challenges: The Triumphs of Harry Truman in the Presidential Election of 1948Confirming the Cold War Consensus: Eisenhower and the 1952 ElectionWhen Public Opinion Does Not Shape Foreign Policy: Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower in the 1956 Presidential ElectionLeadership Experience in the Cold War: Cuba, Khrushchev, and Quemoy-Matsu in the 1960 Presidential Election CampaignThe Virtues of Moderation: Foreign Policy and the 1964 Presidential ElectionEvery Way Out: Vietnam, American National Identity, and the 1968 Presidential ElectionThe Peace Candidate: Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, and the Election of 1972Dealing with Defeat: Gerald R. Ford, Foreign Policy, and the 1976 ElectionThe Domestic Politics of War and Peace: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and the Election of 19801984, Regional Crises and Morning in America: The Predawn of the Reagan EraEnding the Cold War Without Debate: Foreign Policy and the 1988 ElectionInternationalism Challenged: Foreign Policy Issues in the 1992 Presidential ElectionConclusion