Dr. Charles A. Kupchan is Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2014-2017 Kupchan served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council in the Obama White House. He was Director for European Affairs on the NSC during the first Clinton administration. Prior, he worked in the U.S. Department of State on the Policy Planning Staff. Kupchan has served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs, Columbia University's Institute for War and Peace Studies, and other renowned institutions. He was a Henry A. Kissinger Scholar at the Library of Congress, a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a Senior Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy, and a recipient of the Hubert H. Humphrey Award for notable public service by a political scientist.

In this excellent account, Kupchan, a former policy maker, traces the history of American foreign policy from the French and Indian War to the Trump presidency, organizing his work around the nation's isolationist tradition.

Dr. Charles A. Kupchan is Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2014-2017 Kupchan served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council in the Obama White House. He was Director for European Affairs on the NSC during the first Clinton administration. Prior, he worked in the U.S. Department of State on the Policy Planning Staff. Kupchan has served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs, Columbia University's Institute for War and Peace Studies, and other renowned institutions. He was a Henry A. Kissinger Scholar at the Library of Congress, a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a Senior Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy, and a recipient of the Hubert H. Humphrey Award for notable public service by a political scientist.

In this excellent account, Kupchan, a former policy maker, traces the history of American foreign policy from the French and Indian War to the Trump presidency, organizing his work around the nation's isolationist tradition.

Dr. Charles A. Kupchan is Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2014-2017 Kupchan served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs on the National Security Council in the Obama White House. He was Director for European Affairs on the NSC during the first Clinton administration. Prior, he worked in the U.S. Department of State on the Policy Planning Staff. Kupchan has served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs, Columbia University's Institute for War and Peace Studies, and other renowned institutions. He was a Henry A. Kissinger Scholar at the Library of Congress, a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a Senior Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy, and a recipient of the Hubert H. Humphrey Award for notable public service by a political scientist.

In this excellent account, Kupchan, a former policy maker, traces the history of American foreign policy from the French and Indian War to the Trump presidency, organizing his work around the nation's isolationist tradition.