New Conservatism and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era

Author: Li Zhidong
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: This book focuses on the impact of political ideology on government decision-making. It outlines the historical origins of neoconservatism and emphasizes the strategic goals and implementation blueprints that neoconservatives have devised for the United States since the end of the Cold War. It explores how the neoconservative movement has influenced U.S. foreign policy decisions, particularly the ways and means by which it affected the Bush administration's policies, and evaluates its effects and future trends. The book explains the historical origins of the neoconservative movement and showcases the three historical transformations experienced by neoconservatives from the 1930s to the late 1980s. It comprehensively reviews and summarizes the strategic thinking of neoconservatism that emerged after the Cold War, explaining that neoconservatives believe the post-Cold War world is a unipolar dominated by the United States alone. The highest strategic goal and national interest of the United States is to maintain and preserve its superpower status and prevent any force challenging its position from emerging anywhere in the world.