Hand-off : the foreign policy George W. Bush passed to Barack Obama / Stephen J. Hadley, editor ; Peter D. Feaver, William C. Inboden, and Meghan L. O'Sullivan, co-editors ; Maureen McGrath, operational and technical support.
Foreword / George W. Bush -- Preface / Condoleezza Rice and Stephen J. Hadley -- Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley and Meghan L O'Sullivan - PART 2. THE SOUL OF BUSH FOREIGN POLICY - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 1. THE FREEDOM AGENDA - Transition Memorandum: Freedom Agenda - Postscript / Michael Gerson, Peter Wehner -- PART 2. THE WAR ON TERROR - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 2. THE FIGHT AGAINST AL QAEDA - Transition Memoranda: Dismantling al Qaeda - Combating Terrorist Financing and Using Financial Tools to Isolate Rogue Actors - Postscript / Nicholas Rasmussen -- CHAPTER 3. INSTITUTIONALIZING THE WAR ON TERROR - Transition Memorandum: Institutionalizing the War on Terror - Postscript / Michele L. Malvesti -- CHAPTER 4. THE WAR OF IDEAS - Transition Memorandum: War of Ideas -- Postscript / Farrah Pandith -- PART 3. INTERVENTIONS AND STABILIZATION - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 5. AFGHANISTAN - Transition Memorandum: Afghanistan -- Postscript / Paul D. Miller, Douglas Lute, Meghan L. O'Sullivan -- CHAPTER 6. PAKISTAN - Transition Memorandum: Pakistan - Postscript / Mark Webber -- CHAPTER 7. IRAQ - Transition Memorandum: Iraq - Postscript / Meghan O. Sullivan -- CHAPTER 8. COLOMBIA - Transition Memorandum: Colombia - Postscript / Thomas Shannon, Daniel W. Fisk -- CHAPTER 9. LEBANON - Transition Memorandum: Lebanon - Postscript / Michael Singh -- CHAPTER 10. STABILIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS - Transition Memorandum: Reconstruction and Stabilization Operations - Postscript / Richard Hooker -- PART 4. THE PROLIFERATION PROBLEM - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 11. MEETING THE CHALLENGE - Transition Memoranda: Counterproliferation Policy - Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism -- Postscript / Michael Allen -- CHAPTER 12. TURNING LIBYA/THWARTING A. Q. KHAN - Transition Memorandum: US efforts to Turn Libya and Dismantle the A. Q. Khan Nuclear Proliferation Network -- Postscript : William Tobey - CHAPTER 13. IRAN - Transition Memorandum: Our Approach to Iran -Postscript / Michael Singh -- CHAPTER 14. NORTH KOREA - Transition Memorandum: North Korea and Six-Party Talks - Postscript / Victor Cha, Michael Allen, J. D. Crouch, Michael Green, Paul Haenle -- CHAPTER 15. MISSILE DEFENSE - Transition Memorandum: Missile Defense - Postscript / William Tobey PART 5. GREAT POWER COMPETITION - Introduction / Stephen Hadley -- CHAPTER 16. EUROPE - Transition Memoranda: Europe Whole, Free, and at Peace - Western Balkans - Postscript / Damon Wilson, Judy Ansley, Daniel Fried -- CHAPTER 17. RUSSIA - Transition Memorandum: Managing Cooperation/Differences With Russia - Postscript / Thomas Graham -- CHAPTER 18. CHINA - Transition Memoranda: China Policy - East Asian Alliances and Architecture - Postscript / Paul Haenle, Michael Green, Faryar Shirzad -- CHAPTER 19. INDIA - Transition Memorandum: India -- Postscript / Mark Webber -- PART 6. DEVELOPING WORLD AND REGIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - SUBPART 1. TRANSFORMING DEVELOPMENT - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley --CHAPTER 20. A NEW STRATEGY - Transition Memorandum: Smart Development - Postscript / John Simon, Jendayi Frazer, Bobby Pittman -- SUBPART 2. COMBATING ENDEMIC DISEASES - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley -- CHAPTER 21. HIV/AIDS - Transition Memorandum: President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - Postscript / Mark Dybul, Dana DeRuiter -- CHAPTER 22. MALARIA - Transition Memorandum: The President's Malaria Initiative - Postscript / Michael Miller, Tim Ziemer -- CHAPTER 23. NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES - Transition Memorandum: Neglected Tropical Diseases - Postscript / Dana DeRuiter, Mark Dybul - CHAPTER 24. PANDEMIC PREPARATION - Essay: Biodefense and Pandemic Planning / Rajeev Venkayya -- SUBPART C. RESOLVING LONG-STANDING CONFLICTS - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley -- CHAPTER 25. AFRICA - Transition Memorandum: Africa Conflict Resolution Policy - Postscript / Jendayi Frazer, Bobby Pittman, John Simon - CHAPTER 26. MIDDLE EAST PEACE - Transition Memorandum: Middle East Peace Process - Postscript / Michael Singh -- PART 7. EMERGING CHALLENGES - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 27. CYBER - Essay: Cyber Preparedness / Kenneth L. Wainstein, Keith Ausbrook, Neill Sciarrone -- CHAPTER 28. CLIMATE CHANGE - Essay: Climate Change and Clean Development / James L. Connaughton - CHAPTER 29. AUTHORITARIAN POPULISM - Transition Memorandum: Confronting Authoritarian Populism - Postscript / Thomas Shannon, Daniel W. Fisk -- PART 8. COMMENTARY - Introduction / Stephen J. Hadley - CHAPTER 30. "AN ILLUMINATING HANDOFF, an essay by Melvyn P. Leffler -- CHAPTER 31. "REASSESSING BUSH'S LEGACY : WHAT THE TRANSITION MEMORANDA DO (AND DON'T) REVEAL." an essay by Hal Brands -- CHAPTER 32. "TRANSFORMING PRESIDENTIAL POWER IN A POST-9/11 WORLD," an essay by Martha Joynt Kumar Appendix A. Complete List of Bush Administration National Security Council Transition Memoranda -- Appendix B. Description of Digital Archives to be Maintained at SMU -- Contributing Authors -- Postscript Authors: Titles Held During the Bush 43 Administration -- Index
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"This book details the Bush administration's national security and foreign policy as described at the time in then-classified transition memoranda prepared by the National Security Council experts who advised President Bush"-- Provided by publisher.
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