Hard line : the Republican Party and U.S. foreign policy since World War II / Colin Dueck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dueck, Colin, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--History--20th century.

Presidents.

Presidents--United States--History--21st century.

Conservatism--United States.

Conservatism.

Nationalism--United States.

Nationalism.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1989-.

United States--Foreign relations--Philosophy.

United States--Foreign relations administration.

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History--20th century.

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hard Line traces the history of Republican Party foreign policy since World War II by focusing on the conservative leaders who shaped it. Colin Dueck closely examines the political careers and foreign-policy legacies of Robert Taft, Dwight Eisenhower, Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush. He shows how Republicans shifted away from isolationism in the years leading up to World War II and oscillated between realism and idealism during and after the cold war. Yet despite these changes, Dueck argues, conservative foreign policy has been characterized by a hawkish and intense American nationalism, and presidential leadership has been the driving force behind it. What does the future hold for Republican foreign policy? Hard Line demonstrates that the answer depends on who becomes the next Republican president. Dueck challenges the popular notion that Republican foreign policy today is beholden to economic interests or neoconservative intellectuals. He shows how Republican presidents have been granted remarkably wide leeway to define their party's foreign policy in the past, and how the future of conservative foreign policy will depend on whether the next Republican president exercises the prudence, pragmatism, and care needed to implement hawkish foreign policies skillfully and successfully. Hard Line reveals how most Republican presidents since World War II have done just that, and how their accomplishments can help guide future conservative presidents.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction. Conservative Traditions in U.S. Foreign Policy

Chapter One. Republicans, Conservatives, and U.S. Foreign Policy

Chapter Two. Robert Taft The Conservative as Anti-Interventionist

Chapter Three. Dwight Eisenhower The Conservative as Balancer

Chapter Four. Barry Goldwater The Conservative as Hawk

Chapter Five. Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger Realists as Conservatives

Chapter Six. Ronald Reagan The Idealist as Hawk

Chapter Seven. George H. W. Bush The Conservative as Realist

Chapter Eight. George W. Bush The Nationalist as Interventionist

Conclusion. Republicans and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Age of Obama

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612721984

9781282721982

1282721984

9781400836758

1400836751

OCLC:

664572207