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What America Owes the World: The Struggle for the Soul of Foreign Policy
by H. W. Brands
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (1998-09-13)
ISBN: 0521639689
EAN: 9780521639682
Dewey Decimal #: 327
Binding/Media: Paperback - 348 pages
SKU: LDEV0912281
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. Gently read copy in like new condition. No reading/ shelf wear.
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Product Description
For two hundred years, Americans have believed that they have an obligation to improve the lot of humanity, a belief that has consistently shaped U.S. foreign policy. Yet within this consensus, there are two competing schools of thought: the "exemplarist" school (Brands' term) which holds that what America chiefly owes the world is the benign example of a well-functioning democracy, and the "vindicationist" school which argues that force must sometimes supplement a good example. In this book, H.W. Brands traces the evolution of these two schools as they emerged in the thinking and writing of the most important public thinkers of the past two centuries.
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Customer Reviews
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A Solid Effort!
Rating  (3)
Date: 2001-06-02
3 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
H. W. Brands provides an excellent historical review of the complexities of United States foreign policy. He analyzes all major foreign policy positions from the intellectual ground staked out by the major political writers of each period. This book is an invaluable tool for anyone who wishes to develop or supplement knowledge on the subject, up through the Reagan years. The reader must be prepared to invest time and effort to maximize the benefits from reading this book. However, it is worth the effort. We [...] recommend this book to anyone interested in United States foreign policy, and in relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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