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August 2005
| Author: | James M. Lindsay, Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair |
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America Unbound will help students in an undergraduate introductory course or an advanced high school class understand how George W. Bush changed the practice of American foreign policy and why the Bush administration made the decisions it did leading up to the Iraq War without overwhelming them with complexity.
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August 2005
America Unbound argues that President Bush has redefined how America engages the world, shedding the constraints that friends, allies, and international institutions have traditionally imposed on its freedom, insisting that an America unbound is a more secure America.
America Unbound is a concise, straight-forward, and insightful analysis of the driving forces behind George W. Bush’s foreign policy. It is equally fitting for:
America Unbound will help students in an undergraduate introductory course or an advanced high school class understand how George W. Bush changed the practice of American foreign policy and why the Bush administration made the decisions it did leading up to the Iraq War without overwhelming them with complexity.
For students in an upper-division course, America Unbound provides a comprehensive case study of the worldview that animates the Bush administration and shows how ideas are translated into practice in U.S. foreign policy.
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