Understanding the Bush doctrine : psychology and strategy in an age of terrorism / edited by Stanley A. Renshon and Peter Suedfeld.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Renshon, Stanley Allen.

Suedfeld, Peter, 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

United States.

Politics and government.

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-.

Bush, George W.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

United States--Foreign relations.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2007]

Summary:

In this volume, leading scholars of US 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-eminenceassertive realismequivocal alliancesselective multilateralismdemocratic 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 will provide a critically balanced and pointed assessment of the Bush Doctrine and its premises, as well as a fair appraisal of its implications and prospects.

Contents:

I The Foundations of the Bush Doctrine

1 The Bush Doctrine Considered / Stanley A. Renshon 1

2 International Relations Theory Meets World Politics / Gerard Alexander 39

II The Bush Doctrine in the Post 9/11 World

3 The Convinced, the Skeptical, and the Hostile / Douglas C. Foyle 65

4 The New Psychology of Alliances / Peter Suedfeld, Philip E. Tetlock, Rajiv Jhangiani 105

5 Illusionary Promises and Strategic Reality / Willie Curtis 129

6 Deterrence in an Age of Asymmetric Rivals / Jerrold M. Post 153

7 Preventive War and the Bush Doctrine / Jack S. Levy 175

8 The Psychological Origins of Preventive War / Jonathan Renshon 201

9 The "Democracy Doctrine" of President George W. Bush / Marvin Zonis 231

III The View From Abroad

10 The Bush Doctrine Abroad / Alexander Moens 251

11 Anti-Americanism / Janice Gross Stein 271

IV The Bush Doctrine in Perspective

12 Premature Obituary / Stanley A. Renshon 289

13 The Bush Doctrine in Perspective / Peter Suedfeld 319.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0415955033

9780415955034

0415955041

9780415955041

OCLC:

70668616

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