On Foreign Policy

Alexander L. George is the Graham H. Stuart Professor of International Relations, Emeritus, at Stanford University. He is the author of the seminal case study, Woodrow Wilson and Colonel House (with Juliette L. George, John Day Co. 1956), and numerous books including Presidential Decisionmaking in Foreign Policy (Westview Press 1980) and, most recently, Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences (with Andrew Bennett, MIT Press 2005).

• Chapter 1 Ideology, National Interest, and National Values; Chapter 2 The Need for Policy Legitimacy; Chapter 3 Three Stable Peace and Democratic Peace; Chapter 4 Analysis and Judgment; Chapter 5 The Role of Counterfactuals in “Missed Opportunities”; Chapter 6 Prevention of Genocide: The Warning-Response Problem;

“This book sets out ideas on how the international community can better detect and act on the warning signs of genocide. It is a timely and welcome contribution to the debate on what may be the most pressing moral issue of our time.” —Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations “Alexander George has been a leading scholar of international politics for decades. In On Foreign Policy, he applies his accumulated knowledge and wisdom to important contemporary and conceptual issues, ranging from defining the national interest to preventing genocide. This slim volume is full of fascinating insights at the intersection of scholarship and policymaking.” —Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government and Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University