Three Approaches to Presidential Foreign Policy-Making in the Twenty-First Century: The Executive, the Magistrate, and the Maverick (Hardcover)

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 11^th 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.