Clinton's Grand Strategy : US Foreign Policy in a Post-Cold War World /
"President Clinton's time in office coincided with historic global events following the end of the Cold War. The collapse of Communism called for a new US Grand Strategy to address the emerging geopolitical era that brought upheavals in Somalia and the Balkans, economic challenges in Mexic...
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London, UK ; New York, NY :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Imprint; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction The view from the twenty-first century; CHAPTER ONE The long road from Little Rock; Grand strategy in principle and history; The 1992 primary season; Grand strategy on the Clinton campaign; Clinton's Grand Strategy campaign addresses; Grand strategy in the presidential debates; Conclusion: Clinton's triumph; CHAPTER TWO Taking charge and taking stock; Clinton's post-Cold War world; Assembling a foreign policy team; The return to Georgetown; Talking the talk . . .; Tough talk with the Pentagon.
- New structuresSomalia and Assertive Multilateralism; Iran, Iraq, and dual containment; The Tarnoff doctrine; Conclusion: Clinton's poisoned chalice; CHAPTER THREE A grand strategy emerges; The growing mood of unrest; Devising Clinton's doctrine; Warren Christopher's address; Madeleine Albright's address; The presidential address; Anthony Lake's address; The backlash from rogue states of concern; Reaction; The difficult birth of Clinton's Grand Strategy; Problems of policy and presentation; Conclusion: Clashes on the road to grand strategy; CHAPTER FOUR Enhancing security.
- National security in the Clinton administrationUN peace operations; A nuclear grand strategy; National Missile Defense; Intelligence; The evolving national security threat; Counter-terrorism; Enhancing security: NATO expansion; The Partnership for Peace; An assessment of National Security Policy 1993-2001; Conclusion; CHAPTER FIVE Prosperity promotion; Promoting prosperity in US history; Prosperity promotion in the Clinton administration; The National Economic Council; Economic appointees; Clinton's economic inheritance; The Big Emerging Markets; The CIA and prosperity promotion.
- Structural approachProsperity promotion and regional bodies: NAFTA and APEC; Prosperity promotion and multilateral organizations; Bilateral agreements; Prosperity promotion in the post-Cold War world; Global implementation; Western Europe; Central, Eastern Europe, and Russia; China; The Western hemisphere; Africa; Reflections on prosperity promotion as grand strategy; Conclusion; CHAPTER SIX Democracy promotion; Democracy promotion in US history; Defining democracy; The practicalities of democracy promotion; Promoting democracy in the Clinton administration.
- Bureaucratic politics and democracy promotionPromoting human rights; Humanitarian assistance; The global implementation of democracy promotion; The Pacific Rim/China; The Western hemisphere; Africa; Europe; Russia and the newly independent states; Democracy promotion in the Balkans; Reflections on democracy promotion; Conclusion; CHAPTER SEVEN Reflections on Clinton's Grand Strategy; Grand strategy as presidential doctrine; The evolution of grand strategy; The evolution of personnel; Considering the critiques of grand strategy; The significance of Clinton's Grand Strategy.