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This volume discusses the presidential foreign policies of the post-Cold War era, beginning with George H. W. Bush and ending with the first 17 months of Donald Trump´s presidency. During this period, the United States emerged from the Cold War as the world´s most powerful nation. Nevertheless, the presidents of this era faced a host of problems that tested their ability to successfully blend realism and idealism. Some were more successful than others.

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Chapter 1. Prologue: Interests Versus Ideals Chapter 2. Introduction Chapter 3. The "Enlightened Realism" of George H.W. Bush, 1989-1993 Chapter 4. William Clinton: The Pragmatic Idealist, 1993-2001 Chapter 5. George W. Bush, Realism and Neoconservatism, 2001-2009 Chapter 6. Barack Obama, the Idealistic Realist, 2009-2017, Part I: The Middle East and East Asia Chapter 7. Barack Obama, the Idealistic Realist, 2009-2017, Part II: Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Global Problems Chapter 8. Donald Trump and "America First," 2017-

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Ronald Powaski is Adjunct Professor at Ashland University, USA, formerly teaching U.S. history at Cleveland State University. Among his published books are March to Armageddon: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Nuclear Arms Race, The Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union, and most recently, a two-volume study, American Presidential Statecraft.

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