Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy
About the Book Series
This new series sets out to publish high quality works by leading and emerging scholars critically engaging with United States Foreign Policy. The series welcomes a variety of approaches to the subject and draws on scholarship from international relations, security studies, international political economy, foreign policy analysis and contemporary international history.
Subjects covered include the role of administrations and institutions, the media, think tanks, ideologues and intellectuals, elites, transnational corporations, public opinion, and pressure groups in shaping foreign policy, US relations with individual nations, with global regions and global institutions and America’s evolving strategic and military policies.
The series aims to provide a range of books – from individual research monographs and edited collections to textbooks and supplemental reading for scholars, researchers, policy analysts, and students.
Corporate Power and Globalization in US Foreign Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By Ronald Cox
November 08, 2013
More than a decade into the new millennium, the fusion of corporate and state power is the essential defining feature of US foreign policy. This edited volume critically examines the relationship between corporations and the US state in the development of foreign policies related to globalization....
Prevention, Pre-emption and the Nuclear Option: From Bush to Obama
1st Edition
By Aiden Warren
August 07, 2013
Despite its portrayal as a bold departure, the Bush Doctrine was not the "new" or "revolutionary" policy instrument that many at the time portended. This work seeks to argue that while it was clear that the Bush Doctrine certainly qualified as a preventive war policy, it is apparent that the ...
Race and US Foreign Policy: The African-American Foreign Affairs Network
1st Edition
By Mark Ledwidge
August 07, 2013
African-Americans' analysis of, and interest in, foreign affairs represents a rich and dynamic legacy, and this work provides a cutting edge insight into this neglected aspect of US foreign affairs. In addition to extending the parameters of US foreign policy literature to include race and ...
The United States and NATO since 9/11: The Transatlantic Alliance Renewed
1st Edition
By Ellen Hallams
August 06, 2013
The US decision not to work through NATO after 9/11 left many European members of the alliance feeling deflated. This decision reflected not only the unilateralism of the Bush Administration, but also the belief that US operational freedom and flexibility had been hampered during NATO’s two Balkans...
US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion: From Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Cox, Timothy J. Lynch, Nicolas Bouchet
May 22, 2013
The promotion of democracy by the United States became highly controversial during the presidency of George W. Bush. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were widely perceived as failed attempts at enforced democratization, sufficient that Barack Obama has felt compelled to downplay the rhetoric of ...
Constructing US Foreign Policy: The Curious Case of Cuba
1st Edition
By David Bernell
November 28, 2012
This book seeks to address the roots of the hostility that has characterized the United States’ relationship with Cuba and has persisted for decades, long after the Cold War. It answers the question of why America’s Cold War era policy toward Cuba has not substantially changed, despite a radically ...
Neoconservatism and American Foreign Policy: A Critical Analysis
1st Edition
By Danny Cooper
April 11, 2012
At the time of America’s 2003 invasion of Iraq, the term "neoconservative" was enjoying wide currency. To this day, it remains a term that engenders much debate and visceral reaction. The purpose of this book is to critically engage with a set of ideas and beliefs that define the neoconservative ...
US Policy Towards Cuba: Since the Cold War
1st Edition
By Jessica Gibbs
March 29, 2012
US Policy Towards Cuba is a comprehensive examination of U.S. policy towards Cuba after the Cold War, from 1989-2008. It discusses the competition between Congress and the executive for control of policy, and the domestic interests which shaped policymaking and led to the passage of two major ...
American Foreign Policy and Postwar Reconstruction: Comparing Japan and Iraq
1st Edition
By Jeff Bridoux
February 23, 2012
On the eve of the invasion of Iraq, President G.W. Bush argued that if setting up democracy in Japan and Germany after WW II was successful, then it should also be successful in Iraq. This book provides a detailed comparison of the reconstruction of Japan from 1945 to 1952 with the current ...
The US Public and American Foreign Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By Andrew Johnstone, Helen Laville
February 23, 2012
Though often overlooked, public opinion has always played a significant role in the development and promotion of US foreign policy and this work seeks to comprehensively assess the impact and nature of that opinion through a collection of historical and contemporary essays. The volume evaluates the...
Gender Ideologies and Military Labor Markets in the U.S.
1st Edition
By Saskia Stachowitsch
November 10, 2011
Gender Ideologies and Military Labor Markets in the U.S. offers a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between changes in military gender ideologies and structural changes in U.S. military and society. By investigating how social and military change have influenced gender ideologies, the ...
US Foreign Policy in Context: National Ideology from the Founders to the Bush Doctrine
1st Edition
By Adam Quinn
September 14, 2011
This work blends strategic analysis of contemporary US foreign policy with long-term historical discussion, producing an important argument relevant to the debates surrounding both the merits of contemporary US foreign policy and the long-term trends at work in American political culture. Rather ...