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Joshua Muravchik, "The Bush Manifesto," in Commentary; December 2002 (commentarymagazine.com)

America's official national security strategy, a statement of the country's strategic goals and objectives, has traditionally attracted little notice from the press. All that changed late last year when the first strategy document of George W. Bush's administration made headlines around the world.

In a close reading of Bush's document, AEI scholar Joshua Muravchik describes its goals and objectives, and defends it against critics on the left and right. Muravchik argues that Bush's strategy has a great deal in common with Harry Truman's containment doctrine and Woodrow-Wilson's diplomatic efforts after World War I, in that it establishes a clear, achievable, and thoroughgoing strategy for fighting an amorphous enemy all over the world.

Bush's plan focuses on three goals: "fighting terrorists and tyrants"; "building good relations among the great powers"; and "encouraging free and open societies on every continent."

The strategy's most controversial aspect has been a ...

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