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Fuel to the Fire: How Trump Made America's Broken Foreign Policy Even Worse (and How We Can Recover) Hardcover – October 15, 2019

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As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump broke not only from the Republican Party but also from the bipartisan consensus on the direction of recent U.S. foreign policy. Calling the Iraq war a terrible mistake and lamenting America's nation building expeditions, Trump evinced little interest in maintaining the traditional form of American leadership of the liberal international order. He threatened to pull the United States out of NATO, complained that the United States was being taken advantage of by its trading partners, and argued that immigration was a terrible threat. Instead, Trump's “America First” vision called for a reassertion of American nationalism on the economic front as well as in foreign affairs.

Since Trump took office, it has become clear that “America First” was more campaign slogan than coherent vision of American grand strategy and foreign policy. As president Trump has steered a course that has maintained some of the worst aspects of previous foreign policy – namely the pursuit of primacy and frequent military intervention – while managing to make a new set of mistakes all his own.

This book provides an assessment of Trump's America First doctrine, its performance to date, and its implications for the future.

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Reading this book won't cheer you up, but it will make you smarter. Fuel to the Fire is a comprehensive and dispassionate account of Donald Trump's failing foreign policy, and it points the way toward a more effective grand strategy. -- Stephen M. Walt, Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government

At a time when American foreign policy is badly in need of a reboot, this provocative, powerfully argued call to move past a failing insistence on militarized primacy is a welcome addition to the debate. -- Ben Rhodes, deputy national security advisor to President Barack Obama

"Fuel to the Fire: How Trump Made America's Foreign Policy Even Worse (and How We Can Do Better)" is a scalding indictment not only of the 45th U.S. president, but also of a morally bankrupt national security establishment whose addiction to empire has embroiled the nation in misbegotten military misadventures. -- Stewart M. Patrick, World Politics Review, August 26, 2019

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John Glaser is director of foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. His research interests include grand strategy, basing posture, U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, the rise of China, and the role of status and prestige motivations in international politics. Glaser has been a guest on a variety of television and radio programs and has had his work published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Foreign Affairs, The National Interest, CNN, and Time, among other outlets.

Christopher A. Preble is the vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. He is the author of The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free (Cornell University Press, 2009) and Peace, War, and Liberty: Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy.

Trevor Thrall is a senior fellow for the Cato's Institute's Defense and Foreign Policy Department, with expertise in international security and the politics of American national security. Thrall is also an associate professor at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government where he teaches courses in international security. He is the coeditor of U.S. Grand Strategy in the 21st Century: The Case for Restraint (Routledge 2018) and co-host of the Power Problems podcast, a biweekly podcast which explores key questions in international security with guests from across the political spectrum.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cato Institute (October 15, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 239 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 194864746X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1948647465
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.37 x 0.9 x 9.44 inches

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Christopher Preble (1967-) is co-director of the New American Engagement Initiative in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. In this role, he leads a team of scholars who challenge prevailing assumptions surrounding US foreign policy. His own work focuses on the history of US foreign policy, contemporary US grand strategy and military force posture, alliance relations, and the intersection of trade and national security.
In addition to his work at the Atlantic Council, Preble co-hosts the “Net Assessment” podcast in the War on the Rocks network, and he teaches US foreign policy at the University of California, Washington Center. He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Before joining the Atlantic Council, Preble was vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute from 2011 to 2020, and director of foreign policy studies from 2003 to 2011. He was a commissioned officer in the US Navy from 1989 to 1993. He holds degrees from George Washington University (BA, 1989) and Temple University (PhD, 2002), both in history.
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As the founder of Get Your Writing Done and author of The 12 Week Year for Writers, my mission is to help people reach their goals by helping them to become the most productive writers they can be.
In my day job I am an associate professor of international security in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. I am also a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute in the Defense and Foreign Policy group.
I have spent the past 20 years using the 12 Week Year to manage my own writing. I have used the system to publish seven books and edited volumes, a host of academic articles and book chapters, and scores of op-eds and commentaries.
My academic and policy research revolves around the intersection of international security, political communication, and public opinion. I also publish commentary on current affairs in a wide range of publications, including the Washington Post, USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, Detroit News, Huffington Post, Newsweek, Time, The National Interest, and Foreign Policy, and I occasionally pop up on television.
I received my B.A. from the University of Michigan and my Ph.D. in political science from M.I.T. where I was a member of the Security Studies Program.
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This book effectively hit-the-ground-running! Well-researched and data-driven, this gave an objective look at the deterioration of US foreign policy and provided excellent recommendations for how we can best get back on track.
As a member of the armed services, I had my reservations on the discussion on primacy versus restraint, but the arguments raised made sense and have given me a whole new perspective to embrace. I really enjoyed reading this and learned so much about the US's foreign policy trends over the past decades.

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