02791nam 2200601 450 991045853300332120200520144314.01-4422-2564-5(CKB)2550000001333655(EBL)1752867(OCoLC)884725831(SSID)ssj0001288150(PQKBManifestationID)12576465(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288150(PQKBWorkID)11293462(PQKB)11789882(MiAaPQ)EBC1752867(Au-PeEL)EBL1752867(CaPaEBR)ebr10899135(CaONFJC)MIL630712(EXLCZ)99255000000133365520140808h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerica's search for security the triumph of idealism and the return of realism /Sean KayLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,2014.©20141 online resource (331 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-2563-7 1-4422-2562-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorIn 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 AmericaNational securityUnited StatesPolitical realismUnited StatesForeign relations1945-1989United StatesForeign relations1989-Electronic books.National securityPolitical realism.327.73Kay Sean1967-295320MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458533003321America's search for security1922690UNINA