Books written by Stanley A. Renshon
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Barack Obama and the Politics of Change
Christi Parsons, “Obama Hopes to Appoint a 'Team of Rivals': President-elect Looks to Follow Lincoln's Model for his Cabinet ... Allan C. Guelzo, Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President, Grand Rapids Michigan and Cambridge, U.K.: William B.
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The Psychological Assessment of Presidential Candidates
Soon after, Dukakis reversed himself and allowed his personal physician, Gerald R. Plotkin, to hold a press conference and discuss Dukakis's medical history. 2. Both Senator Eagleton and Senator McGovern declined to be interviewed con— ...
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In His Father's Shadow: The Transformations of George W. Bush
In 1992, he added the votes of his opponent, Ross Perot, to his and claimed that both groups “had voted for change,” and he therefore ... a Kennedy aide, Ralph Dugan, said of him that “he was bored silly with day to day executive work.
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National Security in the Obama Administration: Reassessing the Bush Doctrine
Neither a polemic nor a whitewash, this book provides a careful analysis of the Bush Doctrine—its development, application, and rationale—and assesses its legacy: How will Obama respond to the many foreign policy challenges that await ...
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Barack Obama and the Politics of Redemption
Lincoln is commonly called the “great emancipator,” but he was as well a redeemer, redeeming the United States from the stain of slavery.66 In an interview with the author of a book that used that phrase in its title, Allen C. Guelzo ...
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In His Father's Shadow: The Transformations of George W. Bush
Stanley Renshon examines the psychological transformation of Bush and identifies those pivotal changes that allowed him to achieve success in his personal life and in the political arena, and shows how Bush's personal transformation has ...
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The 50% American: Immigration and National Identity in an Age of Terror
Comprehensive in scope, this book examines recent immigration trends, tracing the assimilation process that immigrants to the United States undergo and describing how federal, state, and local governments have dealt with volatile issues ...
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The Trump Doctrine and the Emerging International System
This book examines the meaning and implications of that perspective, and how the Trump Administration has implemented it—or failed to do so.
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Understanding the Bush Doctrine: Psychology and Strategy in an Age of Terrorism
In this volume, leading scholars of U.S. foreign policy, international relations, and political psychology examine one of the most consequential and controversial statements of national security policy in contemporary American history.
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High Hopes: The Clinton Presidency and the Politics of Ambition
Renshon traces the development of Clinton's character from his early family experiences to his adolescence and long political career, including the controversy surrounding Clinton's draft-dodging and marriage.
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Presidential Leadership and Foreign Policy: Comparing the Trump and Biden Doctrines
This volume comparatively analyzes the choices of presidential doctrine that are likely to foreshadow alternatives concerning the principles, beliefs, and nature of U.S. foreign policy in the years following the election.
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America's Second Civil War: Dispatches from the Political Center
... political change , the ferocious engine of rights - based advocacy democracy . Over thirty years ago , Theodore Lowi published his landmark book , The End of Liberalism . His title was a statement , not a question . In it , Lowi ( 1969 ...
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One America?: Political Leadership, National Identity, and the Dilemmas of Diversity
... The ferocious engine of successful capitalism now has an equal and parallel engine of social and political change : the ferocious engine of rights - based advocacy democracy . Political Leadership and the Political Contradictions of ...