In the Shadow of the Cold War - American Foreign Policy From George Bush Sr. To Donald Trump

This book examines American engagement with the world from the fall of Soviet communism through the opening years of the Trump administration. While Timothy J. Lynch argues that the Cold War cast a shadow on every president that came after it, he finds that the US remained the world's dominant power.

List of contents

Introduction: in the shadow of the Cold War; 1. George H. W. Bush: new world order, old world president, 1989-1992; 2. Bill Clinton: new think, 1993-1996; 3. Bill Clinton: the return of old think, 1997-2000; 4. George W. Bush: a new Cold War, 2001-2004; 5. George W. Bush: Truman redux, 2005-2008; 6. Barack Obama's flexible response, 2009-2012; 7. Barack Obama's soft containment, 2013-2017; Conclusion: Donald Trump and the end of the Cold War shadow?

About the author

Timothy J. Lynch is Associate Professor in American Politics at the University of Melbourne. He is an award-winning author and editor of several important books on American foreign policy, including the two-volume The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History (2013).

Summary

This book examines American engagement with the world from the fall of Soviet communism through the opening years of the Trump administration. While Timothy J. Lynch argues that the Cold War cast a shadow on every president that came after it, he finds that the US remained the world's dominant power.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy J. Lynch, Timothy J. (University of Melbourne) Lynch, Lynch Timothy J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780521199872
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19987-2
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Cambridge Essential Histories
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / General, International Relations, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas