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Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

Series Editor: John Dumbrell, Inderjeet Parmar

This new series sets out to publish high quality works by leading and emerging scholars critically engaging with United States Foreign Policy. The series welcomes a variety of approaches to the subject and draws on scholarship from international relations, security studies, international political economy, foreign policy analysis and contemporary international history.

Subjects covered include the role of administrations and institutions, the media, think tanks, ideologues and intellectuals, elites, transnational corporations, public opinion, and pressure groups in shaping foreign policy, US relations with individual nations, with global regions and global institutions and America’s evolving strategic and military policies.

The series aims to provide a range of books – from individual research monographs and edited collections to textbooks and supplemental reading for scholars, researchers, policy analysts, and students.

New and Published Books

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  1. US Policy Towards Cuba

    Since the Cold War

    By Jessica Gibbs

    Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

    US Policy Towards Cuba is a comprehensive examination of U.S. policy towards Cuba after the Cold War, from 1989-2008. It discusses the competition between Congress and the executive for control of policy, and the domestic interests which shaped policymaking and led to the passage of two major...

    Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge

  2. Corporate Power and Globalization in US Foreign Policy

    Edited by Ronald Cox

    Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

    More than a decade into the new millennium, the fusion of corporate and state power is the essential defining feature of US foreign policy. This edited volume critically examines the relationship between corporations and the US state in the development of foreign policies related to globalization....

    Published March 15th 2012 by Routledge

  3. The US Public and American Foreign Policy

    Edited by Andrew Johnstone, Helen Laville

    Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

    Though often overlooked, public opinion has always played a significant role in the development and promotion of US foreign policy and this work seeks to comprehensively assess the impact and nature of that opinion through a collection of historical and contemporary essays. The volume evaluates the...

    Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge

  4. American Foreign Policy and Postwar Reconstruction

    Comparing Japan and Iraq

    By Jeff Bridoux

    Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

    On the eve of the invasion of Iraq, President G.W. Bush argued that if setting up democracy in Japan and Germany after WW II was successful, then it should also be successful in Iraq. This book provides a detailed comparison of the reconstruction of Japan from 1945 to 1952 with the current...

    Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge

  5. US Foreign Policy in Context

    National Ideology from the Founders to the Bush Doctrine

    By Adam Quinn

    Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

    This work blends strategic analysis of contemporary US foreign policy with long-term historical discussion, producing an important argument relevant to the debates surrounding both the merits of contemporary US foreign policy and the long-term trends at work in American political culture. Rather...

    Published September 15th 2011 by Routledge

  6. Prevention, Pre-emption and the Nuclear Option

    From Bush to Obama

    By Aiden Warren

    Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

    Despite its portrayal as a bold departure, the Bush Doctrine was not the "new" or "revolutionary" policy instrument that many at the time portended. This work seeks to argue that while it was clear that the Bush Doctrine certainly qualified as a preventive war policy, it is apparent that the...

    Published September 7th 2011 by Routledge

  7. Gender Ideologies and Military Labor Markets in the U.S.

    By Saskia Stachowitsch

    Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

    Gender Ideologies and Military Labor Markets in the U.S. offers a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between changes in military gender ideologies and structural changes in U.S. military and society. By investigating how social and military change have influenced gender ideologies, the...

    Published September 5th 2011 by Routledge

  8. Soft Power and US Foreign Policy

    Theoretical, Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

    Edited by Inderjeet Parmar, Michael Cox

    Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

    The rise of widespread negative attitudes towards US foreign policy, especially due to the war of aggression against Iraq and the subsequent military occupation of the country – has brought new attention to the meaning and instruments of soft power. In this edited collection, an outstanding line up...

    Published March 2nd 2010 by Routledge

  9. United States Foreign Policy & National Identity in the 21st Century

    Edited by Kenneth Christie

    Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

    Examines the complex relationship between United States foreign policy and American national identity as it has changed from the post-cold war period through the defining moment of 9/11 and into the 21st century. Starting with a discussion of notions of American identity in an historical sense, the...

    Published November 23rd 2009 by Routledge

  10. America's 'Special Relationships'

    Foreign and Domestic Aspects of the Politics of Alliance

    Edited by John Dumbrell, Axel Schäfer

    Series: Routledge Studies in US Foreign Policy

    This unique volume offers an original collection of essays on the theme of America’s ‘special relationships’. It interrogates in an original and provocative manner the distinctive character of America’s interactions with an array of allies and clients, both international and domestic. The essays...

    Published August 26th 2009 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. Prevention, Pre-emption and the Nuclear Option: From Bush to Obama
    By Aiden Warren
    To Be Published June 29th 2013
  2. The Obama Administration’s Nuclear Weapon Strategy: The Promises of Prague
    By Aiden Warren
    To Be Published July 17th 2013
  3. Obama's Foreign Policy: Ending the War on Terror
    Edited by Michelle Bentley, Jack Holland
    To Be Published September 22nd 2013
  4. Ideologies of US Foreign Policy: From Pearl Harbour to the Present
    By John Callaghan, Brendon O'Connor, Mark Phythian
    To Be Published September 30th 2013
  5. United States - Africa Security Relations: Terrorism, Regional Security and National Interests
    Edited by Kelechi Kalu, George Kieh
    To Be Published October 29th 2013
  6. Strategy in US Foreign Policy After the Cold War
    By Nicholas Kitchen
    To Be Published November 29th 2013
  7. Clinton and Bush's Foreign and Security Policies: Clear Blue Water?
    By Martin A. Smith
    To Be Published November 30th 2013
  8. New Directions in US Foreign Policy: Obama and the World, 2nd Edition
    Edited by Inderjeet Parmar, Linda B. Miller, Mark Ledwidge
    To Be Published January 14th 2014
  9. Religion and US Foreign Policy
    By Lee Marsden
    To Be Published January 29th 2014
  10. American Images of China: Identity, Power, Policy
    By Oliver Turner
    To Be Published January 29th 2014

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