Description:
Offering new readings of debates within the Wilson, Truman, Nixon, Bush, and Obama administrations, Hemmer asserts that heated debates, disagreements, and even confusions over U.S. grand strategy are not only normal but also beneficial.
Brief description: Christopher Hemmer is the Dean and a Professor of International Security Studies at the Air War College. He is the author of Which Lessons Matter? American Foreign Policy Decision Making in the Middle East, 1979-1987.
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American Pendulumdiscusses US foreign policy by examining the recurring debates that shape the discourse surrounding America's role in the international system. Hemmer pays special attention to the key issues that define present-day US foreign policy decisions, including the trade-offs of adopting a unilateral or multilateral approach, the role of US values in foreign policy decisions, regions of the world that should cause the US heightened concern, and whether the future belongs to the US or its enemies.
--M. L. Keck "Choice"