Changing U.S. Policy on Latin American Arms Sales: An Invitation to Struggle

Abstract

Making or changing U S policy is a complex and twisting process Policy proponents and opponents normally consist of alliances between players In the executive branch, special interest groups, Congress and its constituents, industry, and state, city, and foreign governments Policy decisions are almost never so clear-cut and non-controversial that they effortlessly come into being In the real world, making U S policy requires strategies that leverage common concerns and benefits or seek to avoid shared pain Successful strategies are also routinely fashioned among the most unlikely of bed-fellows and Involve repeated tradeoffs and multi-front approaches It's also true that regardless of the energies and resources mustered and expended, an actual policy change may hinge on the unbending personality, influence, and commitment of a single key player Therefore, U S policy rarely moves in a logical and measured fashion from Point A to Point B.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA442441

Entities

People

  • Jon Armstrong

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Aircrafts
  • Case Studies
  • Commerce
  • Defense Industry
  • Department Of State
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Hispanics
  • Labor Unions
  • Latin America
  • National Security
  • President (United States)
  • Security
  • South America
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design