The ambiguous legacy : U.S. foreign relations in the "American century"
This collection of essays assesses the record of American foreign policy over the course of the twentieth century. The essays comprise the work of political scientists as well as historians, conservatives as well as liberals, foreign scholars as well as Americans. Taking off from Henry Luce's vision of an 'American century', the authors discuss such important topics as the American conception of the national interest, the tension between democracy and capitalism, the US role in both the developed and underdeveloped worlds, party politics and foreign policy, the significance of race in American foreign relations, and the cultural impact of American diplomacy on the world at large. The result is a lively collection of essays by authors who often disagree but who nonetheless provide the reader with keen insights about the past and provocative views of the future
xiii, 534 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780521770194, 9780521779777, 052177019X, 0521779774
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"The American century" / Henry R. Luce
Making the world safe for democracy in the American century / Tony Smith
"Empire by invitation" in the American century / Geir Lundestad
America and the twentieth century: continuity and change / Robert Jervis
The idea of the national interest / H.W. Brands
The tension between democracy and capitalism during the American century / Walter LaFeber
The American century: from Sarajevo to Sarajevo / Joan Hoff
East Asia in Henry Luce's "American century" / Michael H. Hunt
The American century and the third world / Bruce Cumings
Race from power: U.S. foreign policy and the general crisis of "White supremacy" / Gerald Horne
Immigrants and frontiersmen: two traditions in American foreign policy / Godfrey Hodgson
Partisan politics and foreign policy in the American century / Michael J. Hogan
Philanthropy and diplomacy in the American century / Volker R. Berghahn
A century of NGOs / Akira Iriye
Consuming women: images of Americanization in the "American century" / Emily S. Rosenberg
The empire of fun, or talkin' Soviet Union blues: the sound of freedom and U.S. cultural hegemony in Europe / Reinhold Wagnleitner
American empire and cultural imperialism: a view from the receiving end / Rob Kroes
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