id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt mdp.39015033083182 George, Alexander L. Bridging the gap : theory and practice in foreign policy Alexander L. George ; foreword by Samuel W. Lewis 1993 .txt text/plain 36873 1840 51 Therefore, policy specialists readily agree that general, or generic, knowledge about the uses and limitations of a particular strategy, derived from study of past experience, could be help policymakers get from realist theory, they require sophisticated conceptualization of the many different instruments of foreign policy and the various strategies that can be Bridging the gap between the theory and practice of foreign policy requires in a very real sense bridging the differences between the two cultures of academia and the policymaking world. academic scholars and the use of this knowledge by practitioners in the conduct of foreign policy have been handicapped by the different cultures in which they have traditionally resided.2 Members of these two communities have been useful to discuss in chapter 9 the state of contemporary international relations theory in order to call attention to the limited contribution it makes to foreign policymaking. ./cache/mdp.39015033083182.pdf ./txt/mdp.39015033083182.txt