EISENHOWER AND A FOREIGN POLICY AGENDA

In: Presidential studies quarterly, Band 22, Heft 3, S. 451-454

Abstract

THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN THE EISENHOWER ERA AND TODAY. IN THE FORMER PERIOD, THE USA WAS DESCENDING FROM THE OPTIMISM AND HOPE ENGENDERED BY THE END OF WORLD WAR II AND HAD ENTERED THE CONFRONTATION OF THE COLD WAR. TODAY THE SITUATION IS REVERSED FROM CONFRONTATION TO OPTIMISM AND HOPE. STILL, THE USA TODAY NEEDS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EISENHOWER'S LEADERSHIP, WHICH EMPHASIZED THAT AMERICA MUST NOT WITHDRAW FROM THE WORLD BUT MUST MAINTAIN ITS INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP.