After Black Hawk Down, critics called nation-building and "multilateralism" a Clinton-era invention, but George H. W. Bush had pushed nation-building after the Cold War. Samuel Helfont (@samuelhelfont.bsky.social) shows how 1990s debates reshaped Bush 41's legacy.

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If you are near Dallas this weekend, come see me discuss the Iraqi side of the Iraq War as one of the keynotes for the 43rd Annual Alfred and Johanna Hurley Military History Seminar.

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How should George H. W. Bush be remembered?

Samuel Helfont (@samuelhelfont.bsky.social) argues that historical memory has obscured the liberal internationalist core of his foreign policy.

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In our latest article, Samuel Helfont dismantles the myth of George H. W. Bush as a pure realist. He argues that while Bush's statecraft featured realist elements, his core policy was rooted in a disciplined liberal internationalism.

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Was George H. W. Bush truly a foreign policy realist?

In our latest article, Samuel Helfont challenges this myth. He argues that Bush 41 practiced a disciplined liberal internationalism, from the Gulf War to Somalia.

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This is a really thoughtful response to my (and some other folks') argument that the War on Terror is over from Mike Brenes. Deals with some of the problems with defining historical periods, especially for loosely defined things like the War on Terror.