LEADER 04080nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910778457003321 005 20221108022709.0 010 $a0-674-02037-5 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674020375 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805519 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24023330 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102044 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11124975 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102044 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10043991 035 $a(PQKB)10028948 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300631 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10328809 035 $a(OCoLC)923112465 035 $a(DE-B1597)571755 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674020375 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300631 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805519 100 $a20020426d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican empire$b[electronic resource] $ethe realities and consequences of U.S. diplomacy /$fAndrew J. Bacevich 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 302 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-00940-1 311 $a0-674-01375-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-295) and index. 327 $aPreface 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 330 $aAndrew 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. 330 $bIn a challenging, provocative book, 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--as well as George W. Bush's first year in office--he demolishes the view that the United States has failed to devise a replacement for containment as a basis for foreign policy. He finds instead that successive post-Cold War administrations have adhered to a well-defined "strategy of openness." Motivated by the imperative of economic expansionism, that strategy aims to foster an open and integrated international order, thereby perpetuating the undisputed primacy of the world's sole remaining superpower. Moreover, openness is not a new strategy, but has been an abiding preoccupation of policymakers as far back as Woodrow Wilson. Although based on expectations that eliminating barriers to the movement of trade, capital, and ideas nurtures not only affluence but also democracy, the aggressive pursuit of openness has met considerable resistance. To overcome that resistance, U.S. policymakers have with increasing frequency resorted to force, and military power has emerged as never before as the preferred instrument of American statecraft, resulting in the progressive militarization of U.S. foreign policy. Neither indictment nor celebration, American Empire sees the drive for openness for what it is--a breathtakingly ambitious project aimed at erecting a global imperium. Large questions remain about that project's feasibility and about the human, financial, and moral costs that it will entail. By penetrating the illusions obscuring the reality of U.S. policy, this book marks an essential first step toward finding the answers. 606 $aDiplomacy 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$xPhilosophy 615 0$aDiplomacy. 676 $a327.73 700 $aBacevich$b Andrew J$0472053 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778457003321 996 $aAmerican empire$93746516 997 $aUNINA