A capitol idea:think tanks and US foreign policy

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abelson Donald E.
Published: McGill-Queen's University Press,
Publisher Address: Montreal Ithaca [New York]
Publication Dates: c2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xxii, 367 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780773531154 (acid-free paper)
0773531157 (acid-free paper)
Index Number: D871
CLC: D871.20
D871.22
Call Number: D871.22/A141
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-358) and index.
Lights, camera, action : policy experts and presidential campaigns -- From generation to generation : the origin and evolution of American think tanks -- Theorizing about think tanks : competing visions and conceptual approaches -- Open for business : think tanks and the marketplace of ideas -- Something is missing : think tanks and the study of foreign policy-making -- Finding their way : in search of policy influence -- Is anybody listening? : assessing the influence of think tanks -- Think tanks at work : the debate over national missile defense -- A hard-fought battle : 9/11, the Bush doctrine, and the war of ideas -- Conclusion : think tanks, foreign policy, and the public interest.