Richard A Melanson

Biographic Data

ID836411
NAMERichard A Melanson
GIVEN NAMESRichard A
FAMILY NAMEMelanson
SIGNATUREMELANSON R A
AFFILIATIONSKenyon College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS14
TOTAL CITATIONS10
AUTHOR COUNT14
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1976
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX3

  • American Foreign Policy since the Vietnam War

    Richard A MelansonBOOKAmerican Foreign Policy since the…2019

    A revealing look at presidential politics and foreign policy-making from the aftermath of Vietnam to the NATO intervention in Kosovo. The book illuminates the relationship between presidents' domestic and foreign policy priorities and the key role of public opinion in constraining presidential initiatives, particularly the ability of a president to use military force overseas. In case studies ranging from the invasion of Grenada through the Gulf …

  • American Foreign Policy Since the Vietnam War

    Richard A MelansonBOOKAmerican Foreign Policy since the…2015

    This book integrates the study of presidential politics and foreign policy-making from the Vietnam aftermath to the events following September 11 and the Iraqi War. Focusing on the relationship between presidents' foreign policy agendas and domestic politics, it offers compelling portraits of presidents Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and Bush II. In the course of comparing the efforts of these presidents to articulate a clear conception …

  • Reconstructing Consensus

    Open AccessRichard A MelansonBOOKReconstructing Consensus1991

  • Reconstructing Consensus

    David Detzer, Richard A MelansonARTICLEJournal of American History1991

    Journal Article Reconstructing Consensus: American Foreign Policy since the Vietnam War. By Richard A. Melanson. (New York: St. Martin's, 1991. viii + 248 pp. Cloth, $59.95; paper, $13.00.) Get access David Detzer David Detzer Western Connecticut State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 3, December 1991, Pages 1156–1157, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078953 …

  • A New Foreign Policy Consensus

    Richard A MelansonARTICLEPerspectives on Political Science1990

    Additional informationNotes on contributorsRichard A. MelansonDuring the Reagan administration, the party contained at least three identifiable foreign policy factions that, although all subscribing to a vague vision of internationalism, differed sharply on several important issues

  • Reevaluating Eisenhower

    R Alton Lee, Richard A Melanson et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1988

    Journal Article Reevaluating Eisenhower: American Foreign Policy in the 1950s. Ed. by Richard A. Melanson and David Mayers. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987. viii + 277 pp. $26.95.) Get access R. Alton Lee R. Alton Lee University of South Dakota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 74, Issue 4, March 1988, Page 1390, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894504 Published: 01 Ma…

  • Reevaluating Eisenhower

    Gaddis Smith, Richard A Melanson et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1987Cited by: 3

  • Revolution and Intervention in Grenada

    Richard H Hart, Richard Hart et al.ARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1987

  • Writing History and Making Policy

    Robert L Beisner, Richard A MelansonARTICLEJournal of American History1984Cited by: 3

    Journal Article Writing History and Making Policy: The Cold War, Vietnam, and Revisionism. By Richard A. Melanson. (Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1983. v + 254 pp. Appendix and notes. Cloth, $23.00; paper, $10.25.) Get access Robert L. Beisner Robert L. Beisner American University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 71, Issue 1, June 1984, Page 176, https://doi.o…

  • Writing History and Making Policy

    Gaddis Smith, Richard A MelansonARTICLEForeign Affairs1983Cited by: 3

  • Neither Cold War nor Détente? Soviet-American Relations in the 1980s

    Gaddis Smith, Richard A MelansonARTICLEForeign Affairs1982

  • The Social and Political Thought of William Appleman Williams

    Open AccessRichard A MelansonARTICLEThe Western Political Quarterly1978

  • The Social and Political Thought of William Appleman Williams

    Richard A MelansonARTICLEThe Western Political Quarterly1978Cited by: 1

  • Nations in Conflict

    Richard A MelansonARTICLEThe Journal of Politics1976