America's mission [[electronic resource] ] : the United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy / / Tony Smith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778932003321
• Autore: Smith Tony <1942->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-45707-5; 1-4008-4202-6
• Edizione: [Expanded ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (528 p.)
• Collana: Princeton Studies in International History and Politics ; ; 137; Princeton studies in international history and politics
• Disciplina: 327.73
• Soggetti: World politics - 20th century; World politics - 21st century; Democracy - History - 20th century; Democracy - History - 21st century; United States Foreign relations 20th century; United States Foreign relations 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "A Century Foundation book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-494) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword to the 2012 Edition by Janice Nittoli -- Preface to the 2012 Edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE The United States and the Global Struggle for Democracy -- PART I: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and American Foreign Policy, 1898-1921 -- CHAPTER TWO Democracy in the Philippines -- CHAPTER THREE Wilson and Democracy in Latin America -- CHAPTER FOUR Wilson and a World Safe for Democracy -- PART II: Liberal Democratic Internationalism, 1933-1947 -- CHAPTER FIVE FDR and World Order: Globalizing the Monroe Doctrine -- CHAPTER SIX Democratizing Japan and Germany -- PART III: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and the Cold Warf 1947-1977 -- CHAPTER SEVEN Eisenhower and His Legacy, 1953-1977 -- CHAPTER EIGHT Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, 1961-1965 -- PART IV: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and the Cold War, 1977-1989 -- CHAPTER NINE Carter's Human Rights Campaign -- CHAPTER TEN Reagan's Democratic Revolution -- PART V: Liberal Internationalism after the ; Cold War, 1989-2012 -- CHAPTER ELEVEN After the Cold War: Wilsonianism Resurgent? -- CHAPTER TWELVE From "Fortunate Vagueness" to "Democratic Globalism," 1989-2008 -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Liberal Internationalism from George W. Bush to Barack Obama -- EPILOGUE The Irony of American Liberal Internationalism -- APPENDIX Notes on the Study of the International Origins of Democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: America's Mission argues that the global strength and prestige of democracy today are due in large part to America's impact on international affairs. Tony Smith documents the extraordinary history of how American foreign policy has been used to try to promote democracy worldwide, an effort that enjoyed its greatest triumphs in the occupations of Japan and Germany but suffered huge setbacks in Latin America, Vietnam, and elsewhere. With new chapters and a new introduction and epilogue, this expanded edition also traces U.S. attempts to spread democracy more recently, under presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama, and assesses America's role in the Arab Spring.