[Introduction to] To Lead the World: American Strategy after the Bush Doctrine

Authors

Melvyn P. Leffler
Jeffrey W. Legro, University of RichmondFollow

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In To Lead the World, Melvyn P. Leffler and Jeffrey W. Legro bring together some of America's most esteemed writers and thinkers to offer concrete, historically grounded suggestions for how America can regain its standing in the world and use its power more wisely than it has during the Bush years. They address such issues as how the US can regain its respect in the world, respond to the biggest threats now facing the country, identify reasonable foreign policy goals, manage a growing debt burden, achieve greater national security, and successfully engage a host of other problems left unsolved and in many cases exacerbated by the Bush Doctrine. Representing a wide range of perspectives, the writers gathered here place our current affairs firmly in the larger context of American and world history and draw upon realistic appraisals of both the strengths and the limits of American power. They argue persuasively that the kind of leadership that made the United States a great--and greatly admired--nation in the past can be revitalized to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

ISBN

9780195369410

Publication Date

2008

Publisher

Oxford University Press

City

New York

Keywords

international security, world politics, 21st century, Bush doctrine

School

School of Arts and Sciences

Department

Political Science

Disciplines

Political Science

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Recommended Citation

Leffler, Melvyn P. and Jeffrey W. Legro, eds. To Lead the World: American Strategy after the Bush Doctrine. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.