Presidential Doctrines Presidential Doctrines U.S. National Security from George Washington to Barack Obama Joseph M. Siracusa and Aiden Warren ROWMAN&LITTLEFIELD Lanham•Boulder•NewYork•London PublishedbyRowman&Littlefield AwhollyownedsubsidiaryofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 www.rowman.com UnitA,WhitacreMews,26-34StannaryStreet,LondonSE114AB Copyright©2016byRowman&Littlefield Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Siracusa,JosephM.,author.|Warren,Aiden,author. Title:Presidentialdoctrines:U.S.nationalsecurityfromGeorgeWashingtontoBarackObama/ JosephM.SiracusaandAidenWarren. Description:Lanham,Maryland:Rowman&LittlefieldEducation,2016.|Includesbibliographical referencesandindex. Identifiers:LCCN2016012244(print)|LCCN2016022560(ebook)|ISBN9781442267473(cloth: alk.paper)|ISBN9781442267480(pbk.:alk.paper)|ISBN9781442267497(electronic) Subjects:LCSH:UnitedStates--Foreignrelations--Philosophy--History.|Nationalsecurity--United States--Philosophy--History.|Nationalsecurity--UnitedStates--History.|Strategicculture-- UnitedStates--History.|Militarydoctrine--UnitedStates--History. Classification:LCCJZ1480.S52016(print)|LCCJZ1480(ebook)|DDC355/.033573--dc23 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Forourfathers JohnPaulSiracusa MichaelJohnWarren Contents Acknowledgments ix Acronyms xi Introduction xiii 1 Non-EntanglingAlliances 1 2 SecuringtheRegion 31 3 TheSeedsofDemocracyPromotion 61 4 TheNewTerrain:Containingthe“Outside” 85 5 Maintainingthe“Outside” 107 6 VariationsandContinuitiesinColdWarApproaches 131 7 Preventionforthe21stCentury 165 8 PragmaticRealismandtheUseofForce 189 Conclusion 211 Bibliography 221 Index 241 AbouttheAuthors 251 vii