America Responds to Terrorism: Conflict Resolution Strategies of Clinton, Bush, and Obama

ISBN-13: 9780230623569 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 276 str.

Karen A. Feste

Opis

What policy is best for the United States to reduce the threat of Islamic extremist terrorism? Recent American presidents have applied alternative conflict resolution approaches. Clinton practiced conflict avoidance, talking tough but rarely retaliating against anti-American terrorist attacks. G. W. Bush adopted a fighter approach and the Global War on Terrorism and military interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq reflect this strategy. Obama introduced a third alternative: problem solving and extending peaceful overtures while keeping up resistance. Will the strategy succeed? Feste analyzes presidential rhetoric on counterterrorism policy through the lens of issue framing, enemy aggression, self -hardship, and victimization expressed in a variety of speeches delivered by these chief executives to highlight and compare their conflict resolution strategies.

Spis treści

Frame Theory and Presidential Frames of Terrorism Framing Conflict Escalation: U.S. vs. al Qaeda/Islamic Extremism Framing Conflict: The Terrorist Threat Framing Conflict Resolution Strategy on Terrorism Framing Analysis: Evaluating Presidential Statements Conflict Resolution Strategy of Bill Clinton Conflict Resolution Strategy of George Bush Conflict Resolution Strategy of Barack Obama

O autorze

KAREN FESTE Professor of International Studies and Graduate Director of the Conflict Resolution Institute at the University of Denver, USA.