Towards the end of his second term, it appears George W. Bush s foreign policy has won few admirers, with pundits and politicians eagerly and opportunistically bashing the tenets of the Bush Doctrine. This provocative account dares to counter the dogma of Bush s Beltway detractors and his ideological enemies, boldly arguing that Bush s policy deservedly belongs within the mainstream of the American foreign policy tradition. Though the shifting tide of public opinion has led many to anticipate that his successor will repudiate the actions of the past eight years, authors Timothy Lynch and...

After Obama examines how and why US influence has contributed to the erosion of the world America made, endangering international order and liberal values.