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Autore |
Bacevich Andrew J |
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American empire [[electronic resource] ] : the realities and consequences of U.S. diplomacy / / Andrew J. Bacevich |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, c2002 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 302 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Diplomacy |
United States Foreign relations |
United States Foreign relations Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-295) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface Introduction 1. The Myth of the Reluctant Superpower 2. Globalization and Its Conceits 3. Policy by Default 4. Strategy of Openness 5. Full Spectrum Dominance 6. Gunboats and Gurkhas 7. Rise of the Proconsuls 8. Different Drummers, Same Drum 9. War for the Imperium Notes Acknowledgments Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Andrew Bacevich reconsiders the assumptions and purposes governing the exercise of American global power. Examining the presidencies of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, he demolishes the view that the US failed to devise a replacement for containment as a basis for foreign policy. |
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