G. John Ikenberry, ed., American Foreign Policy: Theoretical Essays, 6^th Edn. (Boston, Massachusetts: Wadsworth/Cengage Learn, 2011).

Those who have little knowledge of U.S. foreign policy, the following four books may be of help. Glenn P. Hastedt, American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, and Future (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020 or newer); Steven W. Hook and John W. Spanier, American Foreign Policy since World War II (Washington, DC: CQ Press, various editions); James McCormick, ed., The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy: Insights and Evidence (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 6^th Edition or newer); and Robert J. Leiber, Indispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in a Turbulent World (New Haven: Yale University, 2022).