The American Way of Strategy: U.S. Foreign Policy and the American Way of LifeOxford University Press, 2006 M10 2 - 304 páginas In The American Way of Strategy, Lind argues that the goal of U.S. foreign policy has always been the preservation of the American way of life--embodied in civilian government, checks and balances, a commercial economy, and individual freedom. Lind describes how successive American statesmen--from George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton to Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan--have pursued an American way of strategy that minimizes the dangers of empire and anarchy by two means: liberal internationalism and realism. At its best, the American way of strategy is a well-thought-out and practical guide designed to preserve a peaceful and demilitarized world by preventing an international system dominated by imperial and militarist states and its disruption by anarchy. When American leaders have followed this path, they have led our nation from success to success, and when they have deviated from it, the results have been disastrous. Framed in an engaging historical narrative, the book makes an important contribution to contemporary debates. The American Way of Strategy is certain to change the way that Americans understand U.S. foreign policy. |
Contenido
The American Way of Strategy | |
A World Safe for American Democracy | |
Independence Unity and the American Way of Life | |
Power Politics and American Expansion | |
Why the United States Fought in World War I | |
The Future of the American Way of Strategy | |
U S Hegemony and the American Way of Life | |
A Concert of Power | |
American Strategy in the Asian Century | |
The American Way of Military Strategy | |
The American Way of Trade | |
The World Order Which We Seek | |
Notes | |
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The American Way of Strategy: U.S. Foreign Policy and the American Way of Life Michael Lind Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
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