Economic Coercion and U. S. Foreign Policy: Implications of Case Studies from the Johnson Administration (Westview Special Studies in International Relations)

This book examines the use of economic coercion by the U.S. to achieve foreign policy objectives. It presents cases studies limited to coercive attempts by the United States which took place during the Johnson administration. The cases involve the use of unilateral economic pressure by the U.S. Why do governments-and especially the U.S. government-so frequently attempt to use economic means to coerce other countries on a one-on-one basis when critics almost universally argue that such pressure rarely works? This question forms the basis of discussion for Professor Weintraub and seven graduate students at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Pu Why do governments so frequently attempt to use economic means to coerce other countries on a one-on-one basis when critics almost universally argue that such pressure rarely works? This question forms the basis of discussion for Professor Weintraub and seven graduate students at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Six case studies of economic coercion during the term of President L. Johnson and the extent to which they worked in terms of diplomatic outcome