Introduction: From fast crusading to slow balancing and credibility gaps -- From progressive crusading to interwar isolation and FDR's pragmatism -- From Truman's crusade to Eisenhower's new look -- From a new frontier to triangular diplomacy -- From the Reagan liberalism to the Bush-Clinton pragmatism -- From a freedom agenda to a reform agenda -- Conclusions: Crusaders, balancers and rethinking ambiguity.
Summary:
"Over the past century, presidential constructions of foreign policy crises have legitimated recurring transformations of U.S. national interests"--Provided by publisher.
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