LEADER 04059nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910345148703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612086816 010 $a1-282-08681-2 010 $a1-4008-2722-1 010 $a0-691-12463-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400827220 035 $a(CKB)2560000000324392 035 $a(EBL)445472 035 $a(OCoLC)329645079 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000235722 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11201188 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000235722 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10163767 035 $a(PQKB)10859220 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC445472 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36333 035 $a(DE-B1597)446409 035 $a(OCoLC)979741721 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400827220 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000324392 100 $a20060802d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReluctant crusaders $epower, culture, and change in American grand strategy /$fColin Dueck 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-13625-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction. Change and Continuity in American Grand Strategy -- $tChapter 1. Power, Culture, and Grand Strategy -- $tChapter 2. Strategic Culture and Strategic Adjustment in the United States -- $tChapter 3. The Lost Alliance: Ideas and Alternatives in American Grand Strategy, 1918-1921 -- $tChapter 4. Conceiving Containment: Ideas and Alternatives in American Grand Strategy, 1945-1951 -- $tChapter 5. Hegemony on the Cheap: Ideas and Alternatives in American Grand Strategy, 1992-2000 -- $tConclusion. The American Strategic Dilemma -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aIn Reluctant Crusaders, Colin Dueck examines patterns of change and continuity in American foreign policy strategy by looking at four major turning points: the periods following World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He shows how American cultural assumptions regarding liberal foreign policy goals, together with international pressures, have acted to push and pull U.S. policy in competing directions over time. The result is a book that combines an appreciation for the role of both power and culture in international affairs. The centerpiece of Dueck's book is his discussion of America's "grand strategy"--the identification and promotion of national goals overseas in the face of limited resources and potential resistance. One of the common criticisms of the Bush administration's grand strategy is that it has turned its back on a long-standing tradition of liberal internationalism in foreign affairs. But Dueck argues that these criticisms misinterpret America's liberal internationalist tradition. In reality, Bush's grand strategy since 9/11 has been heavily influenced by traditional American foreign policy assumptions. While liberal internationalists argue that the United States should promote an international system characterized by democratic governments and open markets, Dueck contends, these same internationalists tend to define American interests in broad, expansive, and idealistic terms, without always admitting the necessary costs and risks of such a grand vision. The outcome is often sweeping goals, pursued by disproportionately limited means. 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aInternationalism 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 0$aInternationalism. 676 $a327.73/009/0511 686 $a15.85$2bcl 700 $aDueck$b Colin$f1969-$01070571 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910345148703321 996 $aReluctant Crusaders$92564347 997 $aUNINA