In defense of the Bush doctrine / Robert G. Kaufman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaufman, Robert Gordon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946---Political and social views.

Bush, George W.

Terrorism--Government policy--United States.

Terrorism.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Unilateral acts (International law).

Intervention (International law).

United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Noted historian Robert G. Kaufman contends that the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, shattered the optimism so prevalent in the United States during the tranquil and prosperous 1990's. President George W. Bush's controversial grand strategy for waging a preemptive Global War on Terror has ignited passionate debate about the purposes of American power and the nation's proper role in the world. In Defense of the Bush Doctrine offers a vigorous argument for the principles of moral democratic realism that inspired the Bush administration's policy of regime change in Iraq. Kaufman connect

Contents:

The imprudence of isolationism

The perils of neorealism

The unrealistic realism of classical realists

The perils of liberal multilateralism

Moral democratic realism

Moral democratic realism and the endgame of the Cold War

The Bush doctrine and Iraq : a sound application of a sound doctrine

Conclusion : beyond the war on terror.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-240) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613233103

9780813134987

0813134986

9781283233101

128323310X

9780813172200

0813172209

OCLC:

166261987