Format:
1 online resource (178 pages)
ISBN:
9780742570429
Series Statement:
Biographies in American Foreign Policy
Content:
As National Security Advisor to President Gerald Ford, advisor to President Ronald Reagan, and as National Security Advisor to President George H. W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft was at the center of the ongoing debate over how to shape American foreign policy in the post-war world. As David F. Schmitz makes clear in his new biography, Scowcroft was a realist in his outlook on American foreign policy and an heir to the Cold War internationalism that had shaped that policy since 1945. The type of bi-partisan cooperation and internationalism that marked the pre-Vietnam War years served as Scowcroft's guide to how to defend American interests and promote U.S. values and institutions globally. While not always successful, Scowcroft provided a consistent internationalist voice in the midst of change.
Content:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Introduction: Internationalism and Post-Vietnam War Foreign Policy -- 1 -- Accidental Policy Maker -- 2 -- Constructing a Post-Vietnam War Foreign Policy -- 3 -- Internationalism Under Fire -- 4 -- Internationalism Triumphant: The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the End of the Cold War -- 5 -- The Gulf War and the New World Order -- 6 -- Elder Statesman -- Bibliographic Essay -- About the Author.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780742570405
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780742570405
Language:
English
