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Autore |
Kay Sean <1967-2020, > |
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Titolo |
America's search for security : the triumph of idealism and the return of realism / / Sean Kay |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (331 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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National security - United States |
Political realism |
United States Foreign relations 1945-1989 |
United States Foreign relations 1989- |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Triumph of Idealism and the Return of Realism; 2 The Eagle Rises; 3 The Cold War; 4 Realism and the End of the Cold War; 5 The Liberal and Neoconservative Consensus; 6 The Costs of Imbalance; 7 Realigning American Power; 8 The Politics of Foreign and Defense Policy; 9 America's Search for Security in the Twenty-First Century; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In America's Search for Security, Sean Kay surveys major historical trends in American foreign policy and provides a new context for thinking about America's rise to power from the founding period through the end of the Cold War. It details the post-Cold War rise of idealist foreign policy goals and the costs of abandoning realist roots, analyzing in-depth the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as examples of what disappointing, if not disastrous, outcomes can befall America abroad when foreign policy objectives are muddied, unclear, and fail to remain grounded in what historically has made America |
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