Avoiding trivia the role of strategic planning in American foreign policy /

Avoiding trivia the role of strategic planning in American foreign policy / [electronic resource] : Daniel W. Drezner, editor. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009. - viii, 190 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Introduction -- The challenging future of strategic planning in foreign policy / Daniel W. Drezner -- pt. 2. Grand strategy and policy planning -- Planning for policy planning / Richard N. Haass -- A road map for American leadership in a changing world / David F. Gordon and Daniel Twining -- A "return to normalcy"? : the future of America's internationalism / Jeffrey W. Legro -- pt. 3. Reforming strategic planning -- An integrative executive branch strategy for policy planning / Bruce W. Jentleson -- Strengthening U.S. strategic planning / Aaron L. Friedberg -- A strategic planning cell on national security at the White House / Peter Feaver and William Inboden -- pt. 4. Limits and opportunities for strategic planning -- Why the best is not yet to come in policy planning / Amy B. Zegart -- Learning the right lessons from the 1940s / Thomas Wright -- Foreign policy planning through a private sector lens / Andrew P.N. Erdmann -- The garbage can framework for locating policy planning / Stephen D. Krasner.

"Critically assesses the past, future, and potential future role and impact of long-term strategic planning in foreign policy. Key figures from past decades of foreign policy and planning provide authoritative insight on the difficulties and importance of thinking and acting in a coherent way for the long term"--Provided by publisher.


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Strategic planning--United States.


United States--Foreign relations--Planning.


Electronic books.

JZ1480 / .A987 2009

327.73