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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785575603321

Autore

Cooper Danny (Lecturer at Griffith University)

Titolo

Neoconservatism and American foreign policy : a critical analysis / / Danny Cooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-89218-4

1-136-89219-2

1-283-04390-4

9786613043900

0-203-84052-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in US foreign policy

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

Conservatism - United States - History - 21st century

United States Foreign relations 2001-2009

United States Foreign relations 2009-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.[180]-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Neoconservatism and its authors; 3 Protecting the idea of human rights; 4 The war of ideology; 5 International order and American preponderance; 6 American power and preventive war; 7 Conclusion: Neocons and Obama; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

At the time of America's 2003 invasion of Iraq, the term ""neoconservative"" was enjoying wide currency. To this day, it remains a term that engenders much debate and visceral reaction. The purpose of this book is to critically engage with a set of ideas and beliefs that define the neoconservative approach to American foreign policy, and illuminate many of the core foreign policy debates that have taken place within the United States over the past several years during the administrations of both George W. Bush and Barack Obama. There is certainly no consensus on how neoconservatism s