After Bush: The Case for Continuity in American Foreign Policy | 
 enlarge | Authors: Timothy J. Lynch, Robert S. Singh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Pages: 396
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0521880041
Dewey Decimal Number: 327.73009051
EAN: 9780521880046
ASIN: 0521880041
Publication Date: April 28, 2008
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Product Description
Towards the end of his second term, it appears George W. Bush's foreign policy has won few admirers, with pundits and politicians eagerly and opportunistically bashing the tenets of the Bush Doctrine. This provocative account dares to counter the dogma of Bush's Beltway detractors and his ideological enemies, boldly arguing that Bush's policy deservedly belongs within the mainstream of the American foreign policy tradition. Though the shifting tide of public opinion has led many to anticipate that his successor will repudiate the actions of the past eight years, authors Timothy Lynch and Robert S. Singh suggest that there will-and should-be continuity in US foreign policy from his Presidency to those who follow. Providing a positive audit of the war on terror (which they contend should be understood as a Second Cold War) they charge that the Bush Doctrine has been consistent with past foreign policies-from Republican and Democratic presidencies-and that the key elements of Bush's grand strategy will rightly continue to shape America's approach in the future. Above all, they predict that his successors will pursue the war against Islamist terror with similar dedication.
Book Description
In a provocative argument, running counter to the majority of analyses, Lynch and Singh support the foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration and make the case for continuity. They suggest that the Bush doctrine should remain the basis which shapes America's approach in the future.
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ESSENTIAL READING FOR ALL AMERICANS: A MUST-READ July 21, 2008
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This is a rare and brilliant book: beautifully and clearly written, punctiliously researched, and with a clear and important message: that, once elected, American presidents have far more in common with one another than is usually believed, especially by their partisan supporters. What these two British co-authors have superbly succeeded in doing is---unlike the majority of biased books on American foreign policy---to step back from the frenzies of the moment and look at the big picture. Once they do, they see a significant continuity in the practice of American foreign policy among vastly different presidents of the two opposing political parties. All presidents seek to protect the American poeple from threats beyond the nation's borders. The co-authors are leading British authorities on the United States, and as such, they do not have the usual, tediously transparent axes to grind: their objectivity is clear and impeccable, and their conclusions are absolutely requrired reading for every American citizen, as well as for those citizens of America's allies, who live their daily lives in peace, security and prosperity, yet rarely cease complaining about the nation that provides the very safety and secutity that is essential to their own lives. This is a measured, fair and clear-eyed assessment that is a must-read for all Americans and for all readers throughout the world who care about American foreign policy. Only once or twice a decade does one encounter a book with such clear analysis, splendid prose, and utter objectivity, and there are, in my view, only two American-born authors who provide this level of clarity. If you buy only one book this election year, this should be the one.
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