Ideals, Interests, and U.S. Foreign Policy from George H. W. Bush to Donald TrumpSpringer, 10 sept. 2018 - 289 pages This volume discusses the presidential foreign policies of the post–Cold War era, beginning with George H. W. Bush and ending with the first 17 months of Donald Trump’s presidency. During this period, the United States emerged from the Cold War as the world’s most powerful nation. Nevertheless, the presidents of this era faced a host of problems that tested their ability to successfully blend realism and idealism. Some were more successful than others. |
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... the Gulf War. Yet the individual who had the greatest influence on Bush's for- eign policy was another close friend of the president, Brent Scowcroft. A former Air Force lieutenant general who held a Ph.D. 16 R. e. PoWaski.
... the Gulf War. Yet the individual who had the greatest influence on Bush's for- eign policy was another close friend of the president, Brent Scowcroft. A former Air Force lieutenant general who held a Ph.D. 16 R. e. PoWaski.
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... Scowcroft became Bush's assistant for national security affairs, a position he held under President Ford. Scowcroft embodied the prin- ciples of traditional realism more than anyone else in the Bush adminis- tration. Like other realists ...
... Scowcroft became Bush's assistant for national security affairs, a position he held under President Ford. Scowcroft embodied the prin- ciples of traditional realism more than anyone else in the Bush adminis- tration. Like other realists ...
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... Scowcroft, for his part, thought the Cold War was far from over. Hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops remained in Eastern Europe, Germany was still divided, and the Warsaw Pact was still intact. Scowcroft viewed perestroika “not as ...
... Scowcroft, for his part, thought the Cold War was far from over. Hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops remained in Eastern Europe, Germany was still divided, and the Warsaw Pact was still intact. Scowcroft viewed perestroika “not as ...
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... Scowcroft's “enlightened realism” in applica- tion was the Bush administration's reaction to China's brutal suppression of student-initiated demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square dur- ing the spring of 1989. Using tanks and ...
... Scowcroft's “enlightened realism” in applica- tion was the Bush administration's reaction to China's brutal suppression of student-initiated demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square dur- ing the spring of 1989. Using tanks and ...
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... Scowcroft replied, the United States “had too much invested in the China situation to throw it away in one stroke.”16 Bush's reaction to Tiananmen, however, was severely criticized on both sides of the congressional political spectrum ...
... Scowcroft replied, the United States “had too much invested in the China situation to throw it away in one stroke.”16 Bush's reaction to Tiananmen, however, was severely criticized on both sides of the congressional political spectrum ...
Table des matières
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Chapter 4 William Clinton The Pragmatic Idealist 19932001 | 56 |
Chapter 5 George W Bush Realism and Neoconservatism 20012009 | 103 |
Chapter 6 Barack Obama the Idealistic Realist 20092017 Part I The Middle East and East Asia | 157 |
Chapter 7 Barack Obama the Idealistic Realist 20092017 Part II Europe Latin America Africa and Global Problems | 192 |
Chapter 8 Donald Trump and America First 2017 | 233 |
Maps | 275 |
Index | 281 |
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