Understanding the Bush Doctrine: Psychology and Strategy in an Age of Terrorism

by Stanley A. Renshon (Editor), Peter Suedfeld (Editor)

Overview

In this volume, leading scholars of U.S. foreign policy, international relations, and political psychology examine one of the most consequential and controversial statements of national security policy in contemporary American history. Unlike other books which focus only on unilateralism or preventive war, Stanley A. Renshon and Peter Suedfeld provide a comprehensive framework with which to analyze the Bush Doctrine by identifying five central and interrelated elements of the doctrine:

• American pre-eminence
• assertive realism
• equivocal alliances
• selective multilateralism
• democratic transformation.

Given its centrality to American national security, and the fact that the effects of it are likely to be felt well into the twenty-first century, Understanding the Bush Doctrine provides a critically balanced and pointed assessment of the Bush Doctrine and its premises, as well as a fair appraisal of its implications and prospects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415955034
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/23/2007
Pages:	356
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stanley A. Renshon is a professor of political science at the City University of New York. He is also coordinator of the Interdisciplinary Program in the Psychology of Social and Political Behavior at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is the author or editor of twelve books. He is currently working on a full length book on the Bush Doctrine.

Peter Suedfeld is Dean Emeritus of Graduate Studies and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at The University of British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Part I. The Foundations of the Bush Doctrine 1. The Bush Doctrine Considered, Stanley A. Renshon 2. International Relations Theory Meets World Politics, Gerard Alexander Part II. The Bush Doctrine in the Post 9/11 World 3. The Convinced, the Skeptical, and the Hostile, Douglas C. Foyle 4. The New Psychology of Alliances, Peter Suedfeld, Philip E. Tetlock, and Rajiv Jhangiani 5. Illusionary Promises and Strategic Reality, Willie Curtis 6. Deterrence in an Age of Asymmetric Rivals, Jerrold M. Post 7. Preventive War and the Bush Doctrine, Jack S. Levy 8. The Psychological Origins of Preventive War, Jonathan Renshon 9. The ‘Democracy Doctrine’ of President George W. Bush, Marvin Zonis Part III: The View From Abroad 10. The Bush Doctrine Abroad, Alexander Moens 11. Anti-Americanism, Janice Gross Stein Part IV: The Bush Doctrine in Perspective 12. Premature Obituary, Stanley A. Renshon 13. The Bush Doctrine in Perspective, Peter Suedfeld