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Berendsen, Stijn (2020)

Adhering to the Neoconservative Vision: An analysis of United States - Japan relations between 1981 - 1983 from a neoconservative perspective

Bachelor thesis | Geschiedenis (BA)

In recent years, historians and political scientists have sought to analyze the influence and involvement of neoconservatives or 'neocons' in U.S. foreign policy. Part of this effort has been related to the rise of neoconservative figures to prominence during President Reagan's first term. This thesis adds to the growing literature on neoconservatism in the 1980s, focussing on the special relationship between the United States and Japan, and analyzing the impact of neoconservatives and neoconservative thinking on foreign policy in President Reagan's first term.

Neoconservatism

United States - Japan relations

Paul Wolfowitz

U.S. Foreign Policy

Ronald Reagan

Alexander Haig Jr.

George P. Schultz

Author

Berendsen, Stijn

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Algemene Geschiedenis

Supervisors

Pargas, Damien

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en