Reviews for The politics of policy making in defense and foreign affairs

The average rating for The politics of policy making in defense and foreign affairs based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-03-15 00:00:00 Maurizio Vinciguerra I read this book as part of the The Politics of Policy course that I took with Professor Hilsman at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs in the Fall of 1986. This book was the primary textbook for the course. The book and class were fascinating. The semester ended in a two-session in-lecture simulation of defence and foreign affairs policy making around simulated hypothetical conflicts in the Middle East, Latin America and Central Europe. The required reading syllabus also included Ethics and Foreign Policy by Joseph S. Nye Jr., Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile by Graham Allison, and Game Plan: How to Conduct the U.S.-Soviet Contest by Zbigniew Brzeziński

Review # 2 was written on 2008-01-31 00:00:00 Alphonso Lyles Jr. This book is a good critical introduction, meant for university students. Of course you're supposed to have read Paradise Lost before, because there are too many direct references to the text. My only compliant is the structure of the second chapter. It's a very long chapter that goes on and on and on'non-stop'making it an exhaustive marathon.