The middle way

• Verfasst von: Chollet, Derek H. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The middle way
• Titelzusatz: how three presidents shaped America's role in the world
• Verf.angabe: Derek Chollet
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Jahr: 2021
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online : Political Science
• ISBN: 978-0-19-009291-7
• DOI: doi:10.1093/oso/9780190092887.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Eisenhower, Dwight D ; (Dwight David) ; 1890-1969
• Sach-SW: Bush, George ; 1924-2018
• Sach-SW: Obama, Barack
• Sach-SW: Political leadership ; United States
• Sach-SW: Presidents ; United States ; Decision making
• Sach-SW: United States ; Foreign relations ; 1953-1961
• Sach-SW: United States ; Foreign relations ; 1989-1993
• Sach-SW: United States ; Foreign relations ; 2009-2017
• K10plus-PPN: 1747883344
• K10plus-PPN:
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• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Derek Chollet identifies the surprising similarities in foreign policy leadership among three consequential and widely-admired presidents: Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, and Barack Obama. 'The Middle Way' unpacks how these leaders navigated foreign policy challenges through a measured, even-handed, and pragmatic approach. Tied together by history, their common outlooks, experiences, and struggles bear special relevance given the current levels of polarisation in America. At a moment when many Americans are deeply worried about America's role in the world, this book reveals an inspiring history that can guide us forward.

Abstract

"This book explores the shared foreign policy legacies of Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, and Barack Obama, and how they exemplify a distinct and underappreciated tradition of political leadership: The Middle Way. The book explores how these three presidents thought about the world and American leadership, and how they grappled with foreign policy crises and navigated politics. Drawing upon new archival research at the Eisenhower and Bush presidential libraries, and interviews with former Obama officials, the book shows how these presidents took a centrist approach to foreign policy and provides a model for America to reinvigorate role as a global leader. This work of presidential history looks behind the scenes of some of the most important moments in foreign policy since World War Two, and it explores the broader lessons for American foreign policy and leadership. The book reflects the author's unique experience as a senior official at the White House, the State Department, and the Pentagon to show how Washington works from the inside; and in the process, offering a new way of thinking about American global leadership and making a case for new ways to measure presidential success"--