Review: United States: Economic Coercion and U.S. Foreign Policy
| Published date | 01 March 1983 |
| Date | 01 March 1983 |
| Author | C. Lloyd Brown-John |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070208303800113 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
REVIEWS/UNITED
STATES
169
major
international
sporting
events
and
the
politicization
of
culture
in
international
agencies
such
as
the
United
Nations
Educational,
Cultu-
ral
and
Scientific
Organization, it
is
to
be
hoped
that
Professor
Ninko-
vich
will
bring
his useful,
timely,
and
well-written
study.
up
to
date.
Freeman
Tovell/University
of
Victoria
ECONOMIC
COERCION
AND U.S.
FOREIGN
POLICY
Implications
of
case
studies from
the
Johnson
administration
Edited
by
Sidney
Weintraub
Boulder
co:
Westview
Press,
1982,
XX,
234PP
This
book
is
partly
described
by
its
subtitle.
What
the
author,
who
is
Dean Rusk
Professor
at
the
Lyndon
Johnson
School
of
Public
Affairs,
University
of
Texas,
has
done
is
edit
a
series
of
case
studies
on
the
use
of
economic coercion
as
a
foreign
policy
technique
during
the
Johnson
presidency.
The
cases
themselves were
prepared
by
graduate
students
at
the
school;
Weintraub
prepared
a
theoretical
and
analytical
introduc-
tion.
The
collection
is
important
for
several
reasons.
First,
it
expands
the
literature
on the
use of
economic weapons
in
foreign
policy.
Secondly,
the
six
cases
studied
subscribe
to
an
analytical
pattern
which
is
con-
siderably
broader
than
any
other
pattern
I
have
encountered
in
similar
literature
-
including
my
own
contribution
on
economic sanctions
in
international
law.
Thirdly,
the
cases
draw
upon
the
Lyndon
Johnson
documents.
Weintraub
employs
a
useful analytical
framework.
Each
contribu-
tor
examined
a
case
on the
basis
of
objectives
of
economic coercion,
instruments
employed, mode of
application,
and demonstrable
impacts
(if
any).
An
important
component
of
this framework
is
a
requirement
that
the
choice of
instruments
be
linked
closely
with
foreign
policy
objectives.
Linked
in
turn
to
this
relationship
is
the critical
factor
of
publicity
(or
its
lack)
-
for
with publicity
all
parties
know
that
results
must
be
obtained,
while
its absence
suggests
that
negotiation and
not
escalation
is
in
order.
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