Strategies of dominance
Subtitle: the misdirection of U.S. foreign policy
By: P. Edward Haley.
Publisher: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Order from Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Bush, George W. 1946- -- Influence.; Clinton, Bill, 1946- -- Influence.; Bush, George, 1924- -- Influence.; Post-communism.; Balance of power.; International relations.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-; United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Description: In a critical overview of U.S. foreign policy since the end of the Cold War, P. Edward Haley draws connections between key elements of George W. Bush's foreign policy and those of Bill Clinton. Haley shows how these elements in both cases produced disastrous results, and proposes an alternative. He faults reliance on American exceptionalism, treatment of globalization and global democratization as vital to security, a misreading of American primacy, expectation of band wagoning by allies, and reliance on economic sanctions and coercive diplomacy. Haley argues these characteristics have replaced a more tolerant Cold War era program in which such attitudes were tempered by recognition of a bipolar world, a nuclear standoff, and a global zero-sum competition for allies and influence.This book covers foreign policies of three post-Cold War presidents George H. W. Bush, William J. Clinton, and George W. Bush--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bush I and the new world order; title: Moses and the promised land; title: Bill Clinton's brave new world; title: An eight-year odyssey; title: George W. Bush and the world; title: Boldness and blindness; title: An American foreign policy for the 21st century.