In Defense of the Bush DoctrineUniversity Press of Kentucky, 11.05.2007 - 264 Seiten The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, shattered the prevalent optimism in the United States that had blossomed during the tranquil and prosperous 1990s, when democracy seemed triumphant and catastrophic wars were a relic of the past. President George W. Bush responded with a bold and controversial grand strategy for waging a preemptive Global War on Terror, which has ignited passionate debate about the purposes of American power and the nation's proper role in the world. In Defense of the Bush Doctrine offers a vigorous argument for the principles of moral democratic realism that inspired the Bush administration's policy of regime change in Iraq. The Bush Doctrine rests on two main pillars—the inadequacy of deterrence and containment strategies when dealing with terrorists and rogue regimes, and the culture of tyranny in the Middle East, which spawns aggressive secular and religious despotisms. Two key premises shape Kaufman's case for the Bush Doctrine's conformity with moral democratic realism. The first is the fundamental purpose of American foreign policy since its inception: to ensure the integrity and vitality of a free society "founded upon the dignity and worth of the individual." The second premise is that the cardinal virtue of prudence (the right reason about things to be done) must be the standard for determining the best practicable American grand strategy. In Defense of the Bush Doctrine provides a broader historical context for the post–September 11 American foreign policy that will transform world politics well into the future. Kaufman connects the Bush Doctrine and current issues in American foreign policy, such as how the U.S. should deal with China, to the deeper tradition of American diplomacy. Drawing from positive lessons as well as cautionary tales from the past, Kaufman concludes that moral democratic realism offers the most compelling framework for American grand strategy, as it expands the democratic zone of peace and minimizes the number and gravity of threats the United States faces in the modern world. |
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... authoritarian continental empires of the east-central european heartland, preeminent in land power, versus more free and eventually more democratic empires of Western europe, preeminent in sea power. according to mackinder, the maritime ...
... authoritarian, militarist Germany, whose regime Roosevelt considered the root cause of German aggression that precipitated World War I: “We are going to war with Germany because Germany has bitterly wronged us. But there is much more at ...
... authoritarian regimes of the right and totalitarian regimes of the left. President Kennedy trenchantly expressed this perennial dilemma for american foreign policy after the 1961 assassination of Rafael trujillo, dictator of the ...
... authoritarianism and despotism. Consequently, the united States had to collaborate tactically with an autocratic quasi-medieval Saudi regime and the mujahideen in afghanistan to avert the greater moral and geopolitical evil of direct or ...
... authoritarian Pakistan, though the Bush administration wisely sought to retain good relations with Pakistan for the larger goal of winning the war on terror. fareed Zakaria explains why: most countries have relationships that are almost ...
Inhalt
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4 The Perils of Liberal Multilateralism | 63 |
5 Moral Democratic Realism | 87 |
6 Moral Democratic Realism and the Endgame of the Cold War | 101 |
7 The Bush Doctrine and Iraq | 125 |
Beyond the War on Terror | 143 |
Epilogue | 153 |
Appendix | 157 |
Notes | 185 |
Bibliography | 217 |
Index | 241 |