Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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The Effects of Ideological Conformity on Foreign Policymaking: A study of Ronald Reagan's Central American Policy

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Year: 2016, 2016
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Brownscombe, Emmett, Thesis advisor (ths): Sheinin, David M.K., Degree committee member (dgc): Dunaway, Finis, Degree committee member (dgc): Wright, Robert A., Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>During the 1970s, ideological divisions caused by divergent interpretations of the American failure in Vietnam permeated the world of foreign policymaking. This led to a concern among the architects of the Reagan administration that foreign policymaking had become incoherent. They attempted to mitigate the effects of this disharmony by re-establishing a workable degree of ideological… more
Full Text: The Effects of Ideological Conformity on Foreign Policymaking: A study of Ronald Reagan’s Central American Policy A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts (or …

Alone in Power: The Presidency and Decision-Making of President Richard M. Nixon

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Neale, Ashley Lorraine, Thesis advisor (ths): Sheinin, David M.K., Degree committee member (dgc): Stapleton, Tim, Degree committee member (dgc): Wright, Robert, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The thesis uses three case studies of President Nixon's foreign policy in South-east Asia to analyze presidential domestic-making. The theoretical concept of personality politics is used to analyze the Nixon administration and foreign policy. Nixon's secretive nature combined with his mistrust of the press and bureaucracy to create an office structure that restricted the… more
Full Text: Alone in Power: The Presidency and Decision-Making of President Richard M. Nixon A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Trent …