Obama, US Foreign Policy and the Dilemmas of Intervention [electronic resource] /
Fitzgerald, D.author.
Ryan, D.author.
This timely study analyses the ways in which competing ideologies and cultural narratives have influenced the Obama administration's decision-making on Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria, situating these decisions within the broader history of American foreign policy.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1 Good, Safe, Strong: Obama and theImpossible Reconciliation; 2 Obama and Iraq: The 'Dumb' War; 3 Afghanistan, Escalation and the 'Good War'; 4 Afghan 'Good Enough'; 5 The Libya Exception; 6 Syria and the Dilemmas of Intervention; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This timely study analyses the ways in which competing ideologies and cultural narratives have influenced the Obama administration's decision-making on Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Syria, situating these decisions within the broader history of American foreign policy.
Obama, Barack.
Political science.
International relations.
Europe—Politics and government.
World politics.
Diplomacy.
Politics and war.
Political Science.
International Relations.
European Politics.
Political History.
Diplomacy.
Military and Defence Studies.