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Chapter Six
Roskin/Berry CH. 6
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International Studies
Undergraduate 3
07/10/2015

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Alarmism
Definition
Exaggerating dangers to promote a policy
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Behavioralism
Definition
Studying humans by empirical evidence, often quantified
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Bureaucracies
Definition
Career civil servants organized into various departments and bureaus
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Constraint
Definition
A limit on decision making
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Definition
The 1962 showdown over Soviet rockets in Cuba
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Deficit
Definition
A federal budget that spends more than it takes in
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Dove
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Favors peace, a non-interventionist
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Entitlements
Definition
Required federal expenditures, such as Social Security and Medicare to large classes of U.S. citizens
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Foreign Policy
Definition
The way a government deals with the outside world
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Idealism
Definition
Basing foreign policy on moral, ethical, legal, or world order principles
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Interventionism
Definition
U.S. willingness to use military force overseas
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Definition
Committee of top generals and admirals
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Multilateralism
Definition
Foreign policies with much allied help and consultation
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National Security Council
Definition
The president’s foreign policy coordinating body
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Neoconservatives
Definition
Ex-liberal favoring use of force overseas
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Noninterventionism
Definition
The unwillingness to use military force overseas
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Pentagon
Definition
Defense Department main building
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Rally Event
Definition
Dramatic incident that temporarily boosts public support
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Self-Interest
Definition
Basing foreign policy on national interest
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Unilateralism
Definition
Foreign policies without allied help or consultation
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Volatile
Definition
Rises and falls quickly
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War Powers Act
Definition
The 1973 congressional time limit on president’s use of troops in hostilities
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