Stephen W Twing
Biographic Data
| ID | 1480281 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen W Twing |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen W |
| FAMILY NAME | Twing |
| SIGNATURE | TWING S W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Frostburg State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Blundering into Baghdad: An analysis of strategy, structure, principals and agents
Some postmortems of the Bush Administration's pre-Iraq war decision-making have focused on a dysfunctional National Security Council (NSC) structure as the major reason for the lack of a thorough strategic assessment prior to the March 2003 invasion. Other academic and journalistic accounts have focused on a lack of a first rate conceptual thinker at the top levels of the Bush Administration as an important cause of the strategic shortcomings in …
Americans Against America: The Legacy of Cold War Secrecy and the Crisis of Public Trust
This commentary addresses problems of political legitimacy in America. Using specific examples from the Cold War, we show how the development of a national security subculture of secrecy in the federal government served to undermine the core sources of legitimacy that lie at the heart of democracy. The analysis demonstrates how patterns of government behavior during the Cold War provided the material for conspiracy theories that erode trust among…
Myths, Models, and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Cultural Shaping of Three Cold Warriors
In what ways does national culture influence the direction of U.S. foreign policy? What are the mechanisms through which culture shapes policy outcomes? Stephen Twing’s thoughtful analysis illustrates precisely how certain cultural elements influenced the policy preferences and policymaking behaviors of three Cold War-era statesmen, John Foster Dulles, Averell Harriman, and Robert McNamara. Drawing on a wealth of primary source materials, Twing t…
Blundering into Baghdad: An analysis of strategy, structure, principals and agents
Some postmortems of the Bush Administration's pre-Iraq war decision-making have focused on a dysfunctional National Security Council (NSC) structure as the major reason for the lack of a thorough strategic assessment prior to the March 2003 invasion. Other academic and journalistic accounts have focused on a lack of a first rate conceptual thinker at the top levels of the Bush Administration as an important cause of the strategic shortcomings in …
Myths, Models, and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Cultural Shaping of Three Cold Warriors
In what ways does national culture influence the direction of U.S. foreign policy? What are the mechanisms through which culture shapes policy outcomes? Stephen Twing’s thoughtful analysis illustrates precisely how certain cultural elements influenced the policy preferences and policymaking behaviors of three Cold War-era statesmen, John Foster Dulles, Averell Harriman, and Robert McNamara. Drawing on a wealth of primary source materials, Twing t…
Americans Against America: The Legacy of Cold War Secrecy and the Crisis of Public Trust
This commentary addresses problems of political legitimacy in America. Using specific examples from the Cold War, we show how the development of a national security subculture of secrecy in the federal government served to undermine the core sources of legitimacy that lie at the heart of democracy. The analysis demonstrates how patterns of government behavior during the Cold War provided the material for conspiracy theories that erode trust among…
Blundering into Baghdad: An analysis of strategy, structure, principals and agents
Some postmortems of the Bush Administration's pre-Iraq war decision-making have focused on a dysfunctional National Security Council (NSC) structure as the major reason for the lack of a thorough strategic assessment prior to the March 2003 invasion. Other academic and journalistic accounts have focused on a lack of a first rate conceptual thinker at the top levels of the Bush Administration as an important cause of the strategic shortcomings in …
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy (2 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Academic Freedom and Politics (1 works) · Administration (probate law (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Cold war (1 works)