Reagan on war : a reappraisal of the Weinberger doctrine, 1980-1984 / Gail E.S. Yoshitani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yoshitani, Gail E. S., 1968-

Series:

Foreign relations and the presidency ; 10.

Foreign relations and the presidency ; no. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intervention (International law).

National security--United States--Decision making.

National security.

Civil-military relations--United States.

Civil-military relations.

United States--Military policy.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1977-1981.

United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.

United States--Foreign relations--Philosophy.

Weinberger, Caspar W.

Reagan, Ronald.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Even at the time it was announced near the end of the first term of the Reagan administration, such luminaries as William Safire mischaracterized the Weinberger Doctrine as a conservative retreat from the use of force in U.S. international relations. Since that time, scholars have largely agreed with Safire that the six points spelled out in the statement represented a reaction to the Vietnam War and were intended to limit U.S. military action to "only the fun wars" that could be relatively easily won or those in response to direct attack. e to d

Contents:

Defining and challenging the Vietnam syndrome

A short primer on domestic political realities

The Casey doctrine: using proxy forces in Central America

The Pentagon doctrine: using American military power decisively in Lebanon

The Shultz doctrine: using American military power to support diplomacy

The Weinberger doctrine: a new pattern for civil-military relations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-299-05360-2

1-60344-577-3

OCLC:

808337196