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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812926603321

Autore

Bacevich Andrew J

Titolo

American empire : the realities and consequences of U.S. diplomacy / / Andrew J. Bacevich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, c2002

ISBN

0-674-02037-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 302 p.)

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

Diplomacy

United States Foreign relations

United States Foreign relations Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.