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Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice - Foreign Policy, Race, and the New American Century (Hardcover)
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Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice - Foreign Policy, Race, and the New American Century (Hardcover)
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Lusane has created a groundbreaking analysis of the intersection of
racial politics and American foreign policy. This insightful work
critically examines the roles played by former Secretary of State
Colin Powell and current Secretary of State (and former National
Security Advisor) Condoleezza Rice in the construction of U.S.
foreign policy, exploring the ways in which their racial identity
challenges conventional notions about the role of race in
international relations. Neither Powell nor Rice consciously
allowed their racial identity to substantially influence or
characterize their participation in the defense and projection of
U.S. hegemony, Lusane argues, but both used their racial identity
and experiences strategically in key circumstances to defend Bush
administration policies. This is but one sense in which their race,
despite their reluctance to be seen as racial figures, is
significant in relation to U.S. foreign policy. Locating Powell and
Rice within the genealogy of the current national security
strategy, and within broader shifts under George W. Bush, this work
argues that their racial location in the context of the
construction of U.S. foreign policy is symbolic, and that it serves
to distract from the substantive part they play in the ongoing
reconfiguration of U.S. global power. Criticism of Powell's and
Rice's policies, for example, is often blunted by race. Black
liberals may be reluctant to condemn them, while white liberals may
be afraid criticism could be interpreted as racial bias, especially
since conservatives of both races argue that such criticism is
probably racist. Lusane tackles these difficult issues along with
others, asking whether there is a blackconsensus on foreign policy
and, if so, what its dimensions, driving forces, and prospects for
stability are. How can a progressive alternative to the current
U.S. foreign policy be realized? Are Powell and Rice merely
functionaries, or did they substantially determine the direction of
U.S. foreign policy? What will their legacies be?
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