The Bush Doctrine: A Critical Appraisal

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This paper attempts to critically examine the strategic and moral rationale of the Bush doctrine that bas guided America"s war on terror. Premised upon the efficacy of America"s military power and self-righteousness, the Bush doctrine has moralized the very concept of security and extended the spatial and time dimensions of American security strategy. Unbound with the traditional strategic and moral diffidence, the Bush doctrine bas embraced preventive war and regime change; this strategic over-reach has guided America"s war in Iraq and resulted in international frictions on the terms of America"s war on terror and American leadership in general.

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