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American Foreign Policy (with InfoTrac )

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To start, I have read every page of this text from front to back. Although I am not a student of the political sciences, as a Molecular Biologist I have read more than my fair share of dry texts; this book however, takes the cake.

This book turns an exciting subject into a tedious examination of 'trends' without conclusions. More dry than engaging, the authors consistently contradict themselves, even in the space of two pages. Wittkopf et al's claim that American foreign policy arises from 'Funnel of Casuality' early on within the text and wallow in 'doubletalk' throughout the rest of the book, rarely if ever committing themselves to a strong conclusion.

As a student, I am appalled by the authors refusal to provide key lessons and distinct arguments, if I needed a discussion that raised multiple difficult points and then provided 'wishy-washy' analysis I would have looked to one of the many friendly but inept potheads that typically surrounded my college campus.