CONGRESS: POLITICS AND BAD POLICY
In: FP, Band 20, S. 232-238
ISSN: 0015-7228
WITH THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR, HOPES WERE HIGH THAT CHANGES WOULD OCCUR IN US FOREIGN POLICY. HOWEVER, APPLAUSE FOR THE MAYAGUEZ AFFAIR, WITH ITS EXCESSIVE ADMINISTRATION RHETORIC ABOUT THE INCIDENT AS A TEST CASE OF AMERICAN RESOLVE, & APPROVAL OF A DEFENSE BUDGET THAT WIPES OUT DOMESTIC PRIORITIES, REFLECT GELB'S VIEW THAT IF THESE ACTIONS ARE GOOD POLITICS, THEY ARE BAD FOREIGN POLICY.