Ideas and the Use of Force in American Foreign Policy: Presidential Decision-Making in a Post-Cold War...

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Morgan T. Rees (Griffith University, Australia)

Ideas and the Use of Force in American Foreign Policy

Presidential Decision-Making in a Post-Cold War World

Morgan T. Rees (Griffith University, Australia)

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Bristol University Press
10 November 2021

International relations; Theory of warfare & military science; War & defence operations

Examining the post-Cold War period, this book sets out to explain why and when US presidents choose to use force. It develops new explanations for variation in the use of force in US foreign policy by theorizing and demonstrating the effects of the displacement and repression of ideas within and across different US Presidential administrations.

The decision to mount an armed foreign intervention is one of the most consequential that a US president can take. This book sets out to explain why and when presidents choose to use force.

The book examines decisions to use force throughout the post-Cold War period, via flashpoints including the Balkans, the ‘War on Terror’ and the Middle East. It develops new explanations for variation in the use of force in US foreign policy by theorizing and demonstrating the effects of the displacement and repression of ideas within and across different US Presidential administrations, from George H.W. Bush to Donald Trump.

For students, scholars and anyone with an interest in international relations and global security, this an original perspective on a defining issue of recent decades.

By: Morgan T. Rees (Griffith University Australia)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529215908
ISBN 10: 1529215900
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 10 November 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Morgan T. Rees completed his PhD at Griffith University in 2019 and currently works as a sessional lecturer at Griffith University and the University of Queensland. His research interests include Foreign Policy decision-making, International Relations theory, and American Politics.

Reviews for Ideas and the Use of Force in American Foreign Policy: Presidential Decision-Making in a Post-Cold War World

A sweeping reassessment of post-Cold War US foreign policy, this book reveals the power of ideas to repress and displace in the march to war and its avoidance. Across eight cases, Rees argues that the ideational trumps interests in order to make sense of American military (non-)intervention over the past thirty years. Jack Holland, University of Leeds In this vivid, empirically rich, ambitious and accessibly written book, the talented Rees utilizes discursive institutionalism to understand crises and decisions in US foreign policy. Brent J. Steele, University of Utah