America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy - Rilegato

Daalder, Ivo H.; Lindsay, James M.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0815716885 ISBN 13: 9780815716884

Casa editrice: Brookings Inst Pr, 2003

Riassunto

An examination of the foreign policy initiatives of President George W. Bush argues that the president's "revolutionary" policies have made the country more secure and prosperous, but at the same time he has alienated many foreign countries.

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L'autore

Ivo H. Daalder is a senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies and the Sydney Stein Jr. Chair in International Security at the Brookings Institution. He is the coauthor, with James M. Lindsay, of America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy (Brookings, 2003) and the coauthor of Winning Ugly: NATO's War to Save Kosovo (Brookings, 2001), written with Michael E. O'Hanlon. James M. Lindsay is vice president and director of studies of the Council on Foreign Relations, where he holds the Maurice R. Greenberg Chair. He was previously deputy director and senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. His books include Agenda for the Nation (Brookings 2003) and Defending America: The Case for Limited National Missile Defense (Brookings 2001). In 1996-97, Lindsay was director for global issues and multilateral affairs on the National Security Council staff.

Product Description

President George W. Bush is leading a revolution in American foreign policy. Galvanized by the terrorist attacks of September 11, he has radically amended, and in some cases abandoned, strategies and institutions that for decades guided America's engagement in the world. With terrorists, tyrants and technologies of mass destruction posing a grave and growing danger, Bush believes that the best - if not the only way - to ensure America's security is to schuck the constraints imposed by friends, allies and international institutions. In this book, Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay explore how Bush became a foreign policy revolutionary. Before assuming office, he was widely seen as a novice in international affairs who would be guided - if not held captive - by his far more experienced advisors. His insistence during the campaign that the Clinton administration had overextended the United States abroad led many to conclude that his presidency would drift toward isolationism. Daalder and Lindsay show that the conventional wisdom was wrong. Bush, a White House insider during his father's administration, had a clear understanding of how presidents must lead. And he believed that the confident and unilateral exercise of American power was the best way to promote America's national interests. The Bush revolution in foreign policy, the authors argue, carries with it high risks and possibly high costs.

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• Editore: Brookings Inst Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0815716885
• ISBN 13: 9780815716884
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 160