Obama's Eisenhower Moment: American Strategic Choices and the Transatlantic Defense Relationship

Abstract

Fifty-six years to the day -- Tuesday, 4 November 1952 -- on which determined American voters elected Dwight David Eisenhower the 4th president of the United States, an equally determined electorate chose Barack Hussein Obama as the nation's 44th chief executive. The coincidence of their election date and their Kansas roots are not all they have in common. Barack Obama came to the White House in January 2009 at an equally critical moment for the future of the United States and as leader of a party which has not been the dominant voice in shaping American foreign policy since Richard Nixon defeated Hubert Humphrey in the presidential election of 1968. One of Obama's principal tasks is to restore the Democratic Party's foreign policy consensus and demonstrate to the American public that Democrats have the ideas, leadership skills, and competence, particularly in the area of national security policy, to deal with the issues confronting the country.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA510954

Entities

People

  • Edwina S. Campbell

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Elections
  • European Union
  • Federal Budgets
  • Foreign Policy
  • Information Operations
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Security
  • Public Opinion
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Training
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • War

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies