This book claims to read the history of United States foreign policy,
spanning over two centuries, not merely through events and crises, but
through the “doctrines” that shaped them. These doctrines, extending from
Monroe to Biden and each named after a president, offer a chronological
map of the US's rise, hesitations, crises, and transformations on the world
stage.
Treating these doctrines not just as technical policy documents but as
“political signatures” t ...