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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778151503321

Autore

Kaufman Robert Gordon

Titolo

In defense of the Bush doctrine [[electronic resource] /] / Robert G. Kaufman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

0-8131-3498-6

1-283-23310-X

9786613233103

0-8131-7220-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

327.73009/0511

Soggetti

Terrorism - Government policy - United States

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009

Iraq War, 2003-2011

Unilateral acts (International law)

Intervention (International law)

United States Foreign relations 2001-2009

United States Foreign relations Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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