Ideals, Interests, and U.S. Foreign Policy from George H. W. Bush to Donald Trump

• Main Author: Powaski, Ronald E. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Political science.; International relations.; United States-Politics and government.; Political leadership.; Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations.; Foreign Policy.; US Politics.; Political Leadership.; Governance and Government.

This volume discusses the presidential foreign policies of the post-Cold War era, beginning with George H. W. Bush and ending with the first 17 months of Donald Trump's presidency. During this period, the United States emerged from the Cold War as the world's most powerful nation. Neverthe...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Prologue: Interests Versus Ideals
• 2. Introduction
• 3. The "Enlightened Realism" of George H.W. Bush, 1989-1993
• 4. William Clinton: The Pragmatic Idealist, 1993-2001
• 5. George W. Bush, Realism and Neoconservatism, 2001-2009
• 6. Barack Obama, the Idealistic Realist, 2009-2017, Part I: The Middle East and East Asia
• 7. Barack Obama, the Idealistic Realist, 2009-2017, Part II: Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Global Problems
• 8. Donald Trump and "America First," 2017-.