Striking First : The Preventive War Doctrine and the Reshaping of U.S. Foreign Policy. Este artículo no está disponible.Striking First : The Preventive War Doctrine and the Reshaping of U.S. Foreign Policy

The Bush administration’s emphasis on a preemptive first strike doctrine,along with its resort to unilateral decision making and commitment to sustaining US hegemony in the world, has challenged the very fundamentals of both the world political order and American political institutions. In this work, leading American scholars explore how these policies have been made, the premises upon which they are based, and their possible consequences forUS domestic institutions and its position in the world. The workconcludes with analyses of the changing US relationship to the European Union and the United Nation nations, while offering different perspectives on the necessity of and the prospects for the new American empire.

Betty Glad is the Olin D. Johnston Professor of Political Science at the University of South Carolina, USA. She has served as president of the International Society for Political Psychology and vice-president of the American Political Science Association. In 1997 she received the Harold Laswell award of the International Society for Political Psychology for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to political psychology. In 2000, she received the Frank Goodnow award from the American Political Science Association, in recognition of her service to her profession. She has appeared on several national television shows in the USA. Chris J. Dolan is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Florida, USA. He has written many journal articles which have appeared in Policy Studies Journal, Congress and the Presidency, International Politics, and Politics and Policy to name but a few.