Presidential Doctrines: U.S. National Security from George Washington to Barack Obama
Jul 2016 · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This text assesses and evaluates the key U.S. presidential doctrines from Washington to Obama. It demonstrates that in spite of differences between successive administrations, in most instances presidential doctrines have articulated both the responses and directions conducive to an international order that best advances American interests, including democracy, open free markets, self-determining states that adhere to U.S. principles, and a secure global environment. This is manifest through such policy goals as containment, interventionism, engagement, de-entanglement, and securing the region. It also shows that the current dilemmas facing the U.S. are a continuation of perennial policy challenges, from Washington’s warning to steer clear of permanent alliances to George Bush’s radical doctrine of prevention and pre-emption and Obama’s “reluctant realist” doctrine. In navigating and assessing the key presidential doctrines, the book explains both the individual and defining themes American presidents have embodied in their respective doctrines in attempting to meet national interest goals. Ultimately, it shows that although each doctrine was formulated in reaction to immediate foreign policy concerns, each also addressed fundamental aspects of U.S. national security that led future statesmen to follow its broad objectives and prescriptions.
About the author
Joseph M. Siracusa is professor in Human Security and International Diplomacy and Discipline head of Global Studies in the School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
Aiden Warren is a senior lecturer at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
Aiden Warren is a senior lecturer at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.
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