Ideals, Interests, and U.S. Foreign Policy from George H. W. Bush to Donald Trump
by Ronald E. Powaski (Author)

About the Author
Ronald Powaski is Adjunct Professor at Ashland University, USA, formerly teaching U.S. history at Cleveland State University. Among his published books are March to Armageddon: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Nuclear Arms Race, The Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union, and most recently, a two-volume study, American Presidential Statecraft.

About this book
This volume discusses the presidential foreign policies of the post–Cold War era, beginning with George H. W. Bush and ending with the first 17 months of Donald Trump’s presidency. During this period, the United States emerged from the Cold War as the world’s most powerful nation. Nevertheless, the presidents of this era faced a host of problems that tested their ability to successfully blend realism and idealism. Some were more successful than others.

Brief contents
1 Prologue: Interests Versus Ideals 1
2 Introduction 7
3 The “Enlightened Realism” of George H. W. Bush, 1989–1993 13
4 William Clinton: The Pragmatic Idealist, 1993–2001 57
5 George W. Bush, Realism and Neoconservatism, 2001–2009 103
6 Barack Obama, the Idealistic Realist, 2009–2017, Part I: The Middle East and East Asia 157
7 Barack Obama, the Idealistic Realist, 2009–2017, Part II: Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Global Problems 193
8 Donald Trump and “America First,” 2017– 233
Maps 275
Index 281

Length: 304 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2019 edition (September 11, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9783319972947
ISBN-13: 978-3319972947