The Politics of Empire: War, Terror and Hegemony

ISBN-13: 9780415376280 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 216 str.

Joseph G. Peschek

Opis

In the year after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Bush administration put together the elements of a far-reaching foreign policy doctrine based on unilateral action, pre-emptive military strikes, and prevention of the emergence of any strategic rivals to U.S. supremacy. Bush's grand strategy was formalized in a September 17, 2002 presidential report called The National Security Strategy of the United States of America. The report argued for pre-emptive strikes against rogue states and terrorists, even if faced with international opposition, and for the maintenance of American military supremacy. Additionally the report placed the U.S. off-limits to international law, asserting that the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court does not extend to Americans. Underlying the Bush doctrine is the notion that the U.S. must remain the unchallenged power in world affairs.

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