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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790511403321

Titolo

Opposing the crusader state [[electronic resource] ] : alternatives to global interventionism / / edited by Robert Higgs and Carl P. Close

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, Calif., : Independent Institute, c2007

ISBN

1-59813-107-9

1-59813-106-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HiggsRobert

CloseCarl P. <1962->

Disciplina

327.1/170973

Soggetti

Isolationism - United States - History

Nonalignment - United States - History

United States Foreign relations

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover            ; Copyright; Table of Contents                        ; Introduction                   ; Part I: American Noninterventionism                                          ; 1: Imperialism, Noninterventionism, and Revolution: Opponents of the Modern American Empire                                                                                                  ; 2: New Deal Nemesis: The "Old Right" Jeffersonians                                                         ; 3: On the Brink of World War II: Justus Doenecke's Storm on the Horizon

4: The Republican Road Not Taken: The Foreign-Policy Vision of Robert A. TaftPart II: The Case Against Nation Building                                                ; 5: The Prospects for Democracy in High-Violence Societies                                                                ; 6: Does Nation Building Work?                                    ; 7: Did The United States Create Democracy in Germany?

8: A Matter of Small Consequence: U. S. Foreign Policy and the Tragedy of East Timor                                                                                           Part III: Debating the Democratic Peace                                              ; 9: Democracy and War                           ; 10: Democracy and War: Reply                                   ; 11: Democracy and War: Rejoinder                                       ; 12: Stealing and Killing: A Property-Rights Theory of Mass Murder

Part IV: Free Trade as a Peace Strategy                                              13: Commerce, Markets, and Peace: Richard Cobden's Enduring Lessons                                                                          



; 14: The Diffusion of Prosperity and Peace by Globalization                                                                 ; About the Editors and Contributors                                         ; Index            ; Praise for Opposing the Crusader State

About the Independent Institute                                      Independent Studies in Political Economy                                               ; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

<DIV>Broken into four sections, this book illustrates the history of American foreign policy and demonstrates the current applicability of a non-interventionist model. For the past century, U.S. foreign policy has rested on the assumption that Americans' interests are best served by active intervention abroad to secure markets for U.S. exports, to combat potential enemies far from American shores, or to engage in democratic nation building. Earlier, however, non-interventionism was widely considered more desirable and more consistent with the principles of the American Revolution. The authors