American foreign policy since the Vietnam War the search for consensus from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush / by Richard A. Melanson.

Author/creator Melanson, Richard A.
Format Electronic
Edition4th ed.
Publication InfoArmonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe,
Descriptionxii, 415 p. ; 23 cm.
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Subjects

Contents In search of consensus -- The elements of consensus -- After Vietnam -- After the Cold War -- After September 11 -- Foreign policy legitimation -- The Nixon administration -- The new majority -- Peace with honor -- A full generation of peace -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- The people's president -- A complex new world -- The arc of crisis -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- We the people -- A shining city on the hill -- The "rescue mission" and the "democratic resistance" -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- The Bush administration -- The procedural president -- From containment to the new world order -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- The governor-president -- The dilemmas of armed intervention -- A strategy of engagement and enlargement -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- The George W. Bush administration -- The compassionate conservative -- 9/11 and operation enduring freedom -- A strategy of prevention and enlargement -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- American foreign policy since Nixon -- The Nixon administration -- The Carter administration -- The Reagan administration -- The Bush administration -- The Clinton administration -- The George W. Bush administration.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 379-395) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2004018549
ISBN0765611996 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0765611988 (alk. paper)

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