The national security doctrines of the American presidency
Subtitle: how they shape our present and future
By: Lamont Colucci
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780313392283; 9780313392290
Subjects: National security; Philosophy; Military policy; United States; Strategic culture; Military doctrine; Foreign relations; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Volume 1; title: Introduction: National security doctrines; title: The Washington doctrine: the forgotten doctrine; title: The Monroe doctrine: this hemisphere is ours; title: The Polk doctrine: the stirrings of manifest destiny; title: The Lincoln doctrine: national security unionism; title: The Roosevelt doctrine: the birth of primacy; title: The Wilson doctrine: we will make man in our image; title: The Hoover doctrine: the delusional doctrine; title: The FDR doctrine: the transition to greatness; title: Appendix: primary documents for volume 1; title: Volume 2; title: The Truman doctrine: the rise of the national security state; title: The Eisenhower doctrine: liberation tested; title: The Nixon doctrine: the doctrinal retreat; title: The Carter doctrine: the new Wilsonianism; title: The Reagan doctrine: the rebirth of primacy and liberation; title: The Clinton doctrine: the un-doctrine of mirrors; title: The Bush doctrine: crusading realism and a return to grand strategy; title: The Obama doctrine: leading from behind; title: The grand strategy of the United States; title: Appendix: Primary documents for volume 2.