Dangerous doctrine : how Obama's grand strategy weakened America /

Kaufman, Robert Gordon,

Dangerous doctrine : how Obama's grand strategy weakened America / Robert G. Kaufman. - Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (294 pages .)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- The main tenets of the Obama Doctrine -- The Obama Doctrine and international relations theory -- The Obama Doctrine and rival traditions of American diplomacy -- The Obama Doctrine's reset with Russia and Europe -- The Obama Doctrine meets the Middle East and Afghanistan -- The Obama Doctrine's Asian pivot -- Conclusion.

Political scientist Robert G. Kaufman argues that Barack Obama has articulated a clear, consistent national security policy and has pursued it with remarkable fidelity. Yet Kaufman contends that President Obama has imprudently abandoned the muscular internationalism that has marked US foreign policy since the end of World War II.



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Obama, Barack--Political and social views.
Obama, Barack--Influence.


Electronic Books.

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