American foreign policy since the Vietnam War : the search for consensus from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush

American foreign policy since the Vietnam War : the search for consensus from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush / Richard A. Melanson.

Author/creator	Melanson, Richard A.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	4th ed.
Publication Info	Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2005.
Description	xii, 415 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	United States--Foreign relations --1945-1989. United States--Foreign relations --1989-

Contents	In search of consensus -- The elements of consensus -- After Vietnam -- After the Cold War -- After September 11 -- Foreign policy legitimation -- The Nixon administration -- The new majority -- Peace with honor -- A full generation of peace -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- The people's president -- A complex new world -- The arc of crisis -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- We the people -- A shining city on the hill -- The "rescue mission" and the "democratic resistance" -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- The Bush administration -- The procedural president -- From containment to the new world order -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- The governor-president -- The dilemmas of armed intervention -- A strategy of engagement and enlargement -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- The George W. Bush administration -- The compassionate conservative -- 9/11 and operation enduring freedom -- A strategy of prevention and enlargement -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- American foreign policy since Nixon -- The Nixon administration -- The Carter administration -- The Reagan administration -- The Bush administration -- The Clinton administration -- The George W. Bush administration.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-395) and index.
LCCN	2004018549
ISBN	0765611988 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E840 .M43 2005	✔ Available	Place Hold