After Bush or Culture and Imperialism

After Bush: The Case for Continuity in American Foreign Policy

Author: Timothy J Lynch

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 Robert S. Singh suggest that there will-and should-be continuity in US foreign policy from his Presidency to those who follow. Providing a positive audit of the war on terror (which they contend should be understood as a Second Cold War) they charge that the Bush Doctrine has been consistent with past foreign policies-from Republican and Democratic presidencies-and that the key elements of Bush's grand strategy will rightly continue to shape America's approach in the future. Above all, they predict that his successors will pursue the war against Islamist terror with similar dedication.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures

Introduction: Winning the Second Cold War 1

Ch. 1 Bush and the American Foreign Policy Tradition 17

Ch. 2 The Constitution of American National Security 46

Ch. 3 The Second Cold War on Islamist Terror: Negative Audits 84

Ch. 4 The Second Cold War on Islamist Terror: a Positive Audit 111

Ch. 5 Iraq: Vietnam in the Sand 147

Ch. 6 The Middle East: Reformation or Armageddon 189

Ch. 7 Friends and Foes after Bush 227

Ch. 8 The Emerging Consensus at Home and Abroad 256

Conclusion: the Case for Continuity 289

Book review: Ambush Alley or The Reapers Line

Culture and Imperialism

Author: Edward W Said

A landmark work from the intellectually auspicious author of Orientalism that explores the long-overlooked connections between the Western imperial endeavor and the culture that both reflected and reinforced it. "Said is a brilliant . . . scholar, aesthete and political activist."--Washington Post Book World.

Publishers Weekly

In 37 essays, Columbia professor and long-time Palestinian National Council advisor Said offers 37 essays on the political destiny of Palestine; Western stereotypes of Islam; U.S. Middle East policy; and Palestinian-Israeli relations. (June)