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Despite Its Portrayal As A Bold Departure, The Bush Doctrine Was Not The New Or Revolutionary Policy Instrument That Many At The Time Portended. This Work Seeks To Argue That While It Was Clear That The Bush Doctrine Certainly Qualified As A Preventive War Policy, It Is Apparent That The Adoption Of This Strategy Did Not Mark A Total Break With American Tradition Or Earlier Administrations. Warren Seeks To Dispel Arguments Pertaining To The Supposed Radical Nature Of The Bush Doctrine - Based On Comparisons With Previous National Security Strategies And Previous Administrations' Penchant For Prevention. However, The Work Also Highlights That What Was New And Bold About The Bush Administration's National Security Strategy Of 2002, Was Its Willingness To Embrace Reinvigorating A Nuclear Option That Could Ultimately Be Used In The Context Of Preventive War. While Obama Has Struck Bold Rhetorical Notes And Promises In Relation To Limiting The Role Of Nuclear Weapons, He Has Stopped Short Of Changing The Status Quo On Critical Issues That Have Lingered Since The Cold War - Such As Tactical Nuclear Weapons And Keeping Missiles On Alert. This Book's Final Section Examines The Extent To Which Obama Has Attempted To 'adjust' The Nuclear Option With The Recent Release Of The Congressionally Mandated Nuclear Posture Review (npr). Offering New Insights Into The Bush Doctrine And Providing A Comprehensive Analysis Of The Current Status Of The Us Nuclear Weapons Strategy, This Volume Will Be Of Great Interest To Scholars And Students Of American Foreign Policy, Security Studies And International Relations.
This work investigates whether the Bush Doctrine represented a radical departure from American foreign policy tradition or a continuation of established preventive war strategies. The author, Aiden Warren, examines the historical context of national security strategies, arguing that the doctrine's preventive nature was not unprecedented. By analyzing the transition from the Clinton administration to the Bush administration and evaluating subsequent policy shifts under Obama, the text provides a critical framework for understanding the evolution of American nuclear strategy.
What You Will Find
Experts and scholars of international relations recognize this volume as a rigorous examination of the continuity in American security policy. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which serves as a foundational text for those studying the intersection of nuclear strategy and preventive warfare.
Page Count:
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Publication Date:
2011-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0415669952
ISBN-13:
9780203802083
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