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Barack Obama and the Politics of Redemption
Every new president raises many questions in the public mind. Because Barack Obama was a relative newcomer to the national political scene, he raised more questions than most. Would he prove to be a pragmatic centrist or would his politics of hope ultimately flounder on the rocky shoals of America’...
Published August 14th 2011 by Routledge
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National Security in the Obama Administration
Reassessing the Bush Doctrine
The Bush Doctrine is dead! At least that’s what critics hope. But while new U.S. national security challenges emerge, many post-9/11 threats still persist and the policies of George W. Bush offer one set of strategic answers for how President Obama can confront those dangers. Neither a polemic nor...
Published September 13th 2009 by Routledge
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Understanding the Bush Doctrine
Psychology and Strategy in an Age of Terrorism
In this volume, leading scholars of U.S. foreign policy, international relations, and political psychology examine one of the most consequential and controversial statements of national security policy in contemporary American history. Unlike other books which focus only on unilateralism or...
Published January 22nd 2007 by Routledge
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The Psychological Assessment of Presidential Candidates
Looking back over the past 25 years, Stanley Renshon explores how the issue of character has come to dominate presidential campaigns. Drawing on his clinical and political science training, Renshon has devised a theory which allows the public to evaluate the qualities of presidential candidates....
Published August 18th 1998 by Routledge
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High Hopes
The Clinton Presidency and the Politics of Ambition
Now in paperback, this perceptive psychological portrait of Clinton and his presidency investigates whether Clinton has demonstrated the necessary qualities of judgment, vision, character and skill, as well as his ambition and extreme self-confidence. Renshon traces the development of Clinton's...
Published August 3rd 1998 by Routledge