The Clash with Distant Cultures

The Clash with Distant CulturesAn analysis of the impact of cultural values on the use of force and negotiations in American foreign policy. Whereas foreign policymaking is generally viewed as a rational, unemotional, and sophisticated process, this analysis of American policies toward the Persian Gulf, the Palestinian Israeli conflict, and the Bosnian conflict suggests that the underlying and largely unexamined cultural values of most ordinary Americans play a major role in

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