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The Decision Point: Six Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy Decision Making BN_Top_100 The guideposts not only helpFilling a gap in the U. S. foreign policy textbook market, this innovative introduction shows students how real American foreign policy makers make real decisions. Drawing on and summarizing a vast amount of literature, author David Patrick Houghton introduces students to three basic theories of decision making. He then applies each of these perspectives to six well known historical cases that range from classic to contemporary: the Bay of Pigs, the