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US Grand Strategy and the Madman Theory:
From Nixon to Trump
US Grand Strategy and the Madman Theory: From Nixon to Trump explores how U.S. presidents have used calculated unpredictability as a tool of foreign policy - and the dangers that come with it. Richard Nixon pioneered the tactic during the Vietnam War. Decades later, Donald Trump revived the approach in his own style, leveraging erratic behavior to keep both allies and enemies off balance. While Nixon's version was tightly controlled and behind the scenes, Trump's was a public spectacle, blurring strategy with impulsiveness.
Drawing on interviews, declassified documents, and White House recordings, US Grand Strategy and the Madman Theory considers the development of the concept by scholars at Harvard, and its adoption by Nixon and Trump in a series of international flashpoints. It is a gripping, timely look at how madness-real or performed-can be a feature, not a bug, in American diplomacy.
Clinton's War on Terror: Redefining US Security Strategy, 1993-2001
In the wake of 9/11, the Clinton administration was often accused of failing to act against rising threats. Clinton’s War on Terror challenges this view, offering a rigorous reassessment of how Clinton and his team sought to confront international terrorism. Drawing on official documents and interviews with key officials, James Boys traces the evolution of counterterrorism strategy, revealing its critical influence on the approaches of Bush, Obama, and Trump. A vital reexamination of a pivotal era.
Hillary Rising:
The Politics, Persona and Policies of a New American Dynasty
What drives one of the most polarizing figures in American politics?
Hillary Rising takes you behind the headlines of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign launch to uncover the enduring beliefs and calculated decisions that shaped her path to power. Based on exclusive interviews and newly declassified Clinton archives, this clear-eyed, non-partisan account reveals the woman behind the ambition, and the political legacy she fought to define.
Clinton's Grand Strategy:
U.S. Foreign Policy in a Post-Cold War World
How did President Clinton shape America’s role in a rapidly changing post-Cold War world? From the chaos of Somalia and the Balkans to the rise of NAFTA, the EU, and the WTO, Clinton's Grand Strategy reveals how Clinton crafted a US Grand Strategy for a new era. Drawing on declassified documents and insider interviews, it offers an unprecedented look inside the West Wing, and the decisions that reshaped global politics at the dawn of the 21st century.
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