Understanding the Bush Doctrine

Psychology and Strategy in an Age of Terrorism

Stanley A Renshon editor Peter Suedfeld editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:23rd Jan '07

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In this volume, leading scholars of U.S. foreign policy, international relations, and political psychology examine one of the most consequential and controversial statements of national security policy in contemporary American history. Unlike other books which focus only on unilateralism or preventive war, Stanley A. Renshon and Peter Suedfeld provide a comprehensive framework with which to analyze the Bush Doctrine by identifying five central and interrelated elements of the doctrine:

  • American pre-eminence
  • assertive realism
  • equivocal alliances
  • selective multilateralism
  • democratic transformation.

Given its centrality to American national security, and the fact that the effects of it are likely to be felt well into the twenty-first century, Understanding the Bush Doctrine provides a critically balanced and pointed assessment of the Bush Doctrine and its premises, as well as a fair appraisal of its implications and prospects.

ISBN: 9780415955041

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Weight: 660g

356 pages