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Presidential Doctrines - National Security from Woodrow Wilson to George W Bush (Hardcover)
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Presidential Doctrines - National Security from Woodrow Wilson to George W Bush (Hardcover)
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The terrorist attacks against the United States on 11 September
2001 prompted a president, who had until then largely been
disinterested in international affairs, to a new level of
commitment to foreign policy. So too did the tragedy renew American
awareness of the precarious state of national security, even in the
post-Cold War era. As so often has occurred in American history,
the events also occasioned a new approach to national security
policy, conceived in the specific threat, fashioned by the
international environment, and reflecting the president's worldview
and ideological orientation. As is the case of the events (threats)
themselves, the national security response they foster is often so
dramatic that it comes to define the presidency of its maker,
influence affairs far beyond America's borders, and dictate US
foreign and national security policy for years to come. Shifts in
US national security thinking of this magnitude are referred to as
presidential doctrines. Often, these doctrines -- axioms that bear
the president's name -- have been delivered in a major address by
the president such as a speech to a joint session of Congress. The
first presidential doctrine was announced by President James Monroe
on 2 December 1823 during his seventh annual message to Congress.
An international version of this phenomenon would be Winston
Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech. Such was also the case when
President George W. Bush addressed the nation in the immediate
aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This new and
thought-provoking book examines American national security policies
in the 20th century, the century in which America rose to
superpower or hyperpower status. The same policies will probably
determine how long she holds such a powerful position.
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