Full Description
Political scientists have long determined that a president's relationships with his advisors is crucial in determining an administration's policies. Over the last several decades, scholars of the presidency have paid particular attention to the advisory structures and processes involved in foreign policy decision-making. Their work has contributed to the development and refinement of three presidential management models to help frame the analysis of foreign policy-making: (1) formalistic model, (2) collegial model, and (3) competitive model. This book analyzes the management models employed by presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump throughout their presidencies by employing a structured-focus comparison method that is framed on a set of general and standardized questions used to analyze a series of case studies involving their Middle East policies. The book offers the first systematic comparative analysis of presidents Bush, Obama, and Trump's management of foreign policy crises.
Contents
List of Illustrations - List of Tables - List of Abbreviations - Introduction: From "Fire and Fury" to Letters of Love - Presidential Management Models - President George W. Bush - "Fuck Diplomacy. We Are Going to War": The Bush Administration's Response to the September 11th Attacks - "Our War on Terror Is Well Begun, but It Is Only Begun": The Case for the Invasion of Iraq - Going "All In": Pushing the Surge in Iraq - President Barack Obama - A "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" Moment: Obama's Surge in Afghanistan - Walking and Chewing Gum at the Same Time: Responding to the Arab Spring in Egypt - Defining and Redefining the "Red Line" on Syria's Chemical Weapons - President Donald Trump - The Syrian "Red Line" Redux - "Cocked and Loaded": A Tale of Premature Escalation - The World from Mar-a-Lago: Deciding to Kill Qasem Suleimani - Conclusion: The Executive, the Magistrate, and the Maverick - References - Index.
