The making of the test ban treaty.

Door: Terchek, Ronald J.

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• ISBN: 9789024750382
• Uitgever: The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff, 1970. Paperback. xii,211 pp. Ticket on spine. Library stamp. Conditie: redelijk
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• Extra informatie: From the publisher : The Test Ban Treaty, the most far reaching arms control agree- ment since World War II, was one of the major achievements of the Kennedy administration. In analyzing the roles of the various political participants in the struggle to ratify the treaty, the book demonstrates the dynamics of foreign policy-making in the United States. The roles of the President, the executive agencies, the military services, the mass media, interest groups, public opinion, congressional committees, and the Senate are each carefully examined. Survey data, interviews, official documents and memoirs, and con- tent analyses of the press and senate debates are woven together to present a picture of the politics, interests, and coalitions con- structed by both sides of this controversial issue. The study shows that neither the elite nor the pluralist models of decision-making applies to arms control or national security policy in the United States. The analysis of the Test Ban demon- strates that political activity does not always enter the decision- making system as many pluralists expect. The book also records the considerable internal bargaining and compromise among the major decision-makers that preceeded the treaty's ratificationactivities which contradict the theory that a monolithic power structure dictates policy. The President is seen as the dominant actor in the policy process, not simply because of his constitutional role, but more especially because of his management of the options he opens or forecloses to others. Through his sense of timing, use of infor- mation, and his dominance of the media, he is the major architect for the agenda for arms control.
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