AUCW 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Army, Lyndon B. Johnson, Transactionalism
1 Dec 2016
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History lecture notes 12/1/16 current schools of politics. The foreign policy approach of both coasts. Legalism- all actions should be sanctioned by international agreements or organization. We did not get international agreement for iraq. Multilateralism-we don"t go alone, we go with others, iraq-coalition of the willing (bush), many countries made token and miniscule contributions. Primarily known for theories about nuclear war. Became an advisor for rockerfeller and nixon. Thomas hobbes world-man is naturally selfish and we need government to control evil. No one can place civilized norms unless it is a great power. Cold war was bipolarity (us and ussr) Goal is to become the strongest point. Unilateral-alone and preemptive without council of others. The way to secure safety and power internationally is the spread of democracy. We preach that we have the perfect system but we are becoming increasingly critical of our own system. A combination of kissingerian realism and democratic globalism.
