Choosing to Lead: Understanding Congressional Foreign Policy Entrepreneurs

by Ralph G. Carter and James M Scott

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Shedding new light on how U.S. foreign policy is made, Ralph G. Carter and James M. Scott focus on "congressional foreign policy entrepreneurs," the often unrecognized representatives and senators who take action on foreign policy matters rather than waiting for the executive branch to do so. These proactive members of Congress have undertaken many initiatives, including reaching out to Franco's Spain, promoting detente with the Soviet Union, proposing the return of the Panama Canal, seeking to ban military aid to Pinochet's regime in Chile, pushing for military intervention in Haiti, and championing the recognition of Vietnam. In Choosing to...Read more
  • ISBN10 0822344904
  • ISBN13 9780822344902
  • Publish Date 3 July 2009 (first published 1 January 2009)
  • Publish Status Inactive
  • Out of Print 7 May 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Duke University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 312
  • Language English