American foreign policy since the Vietnam War : the search for consensus from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush / Richard A. Melanson.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-395) and index.

In search of consensus -- The elements of consensus -- After Vietnam -- After the Cold War -- After September 11 -- Foreign policy legitimation -- The Nixon administration -- The new majority -- Peace with honor -- A full generation of peace -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- The people's president -- A complex new world -- The arc of crisis -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- We the people -- A shining city on the hill -- The "rescue mission" and the "democratic resistance" -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- The Bush administration -- The procedural president -- From containment to the new world order -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- The governor-president -- The dilemmas of armed intervention -- A strategy of engagement and enlargement -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- The George W. Bush administration -- The compassionate conservative -- 9/11 and operation enduring freedom -- A strategy of prevention and enlargement -- A new foreign policy consensus? -- American foreign policy since Nixon -- The Nixon administration -- The Carter administration -- The Reagan administration -- The Bush administration -- The Clinton administration -- The George W. Bush administration.