A Study of the Strategic Thinking of the National Security Strategy of the United States in the Post Cold War Era: Analyzing from A Religious Point

• Main Authors: Yi-Ning Cheng, 鄭誼寧
• Other Authors: Zheng-Quan Shi
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/91327387797332796692

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 國際事務與戰略研究所碩士班 === 94 === The influence of the United States has been very deep and far from the end of the Cold War. If we want to understand how the world is running below the so-called“Pax Americana”, we need to understand the United States. If we want to make sense of the United States, we need to figure out what the decision makers of this country are thinking about and why they think like this way, especially about the recognition of the national objectives and national interest, the global role of the United States, the relations between the world and the United States, and the meaning and purpose of the being of this country. If we want to interpret the above-mentioned questions, the strategic papers from the American government provide very clear answers. This thesis tries to find out what the decision makers of this country are considering about by analyzing the content and specialties of the national security strategy of the United States through looking into official strategic papers, reports and addresses.As for analyzing why the Americans think like this way, this thesis takes a different point of view from traditional realistic approach that emphasizes the variables of international structure, national power and national security. This thesis tries to study the subject from the interior characteristics of the country. In other words, we tries to comprehend how the Americans intend to operate the“Pax Americana”by analyzing the relations between the main viewpoint, belief and values from the traditional major religion（Protestantism） in American society and the characteristics of American strategic thinking. Therefore, this thesis takes an approach of strategic culture and tries to supplement the flaws when most scholars take the realistic approach to analyze the national security strategy of the United States but leave the influence of the interior cultural variables of the country out of consideration.