LEADER 04523nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910785163703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4008-0574-0 010 $a1-4008-0573-2 010 $a1-282-75231-6 010 $a1-4008-1281-X 010 $a9786612752315 010 $a1-4008-2181-9 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400821815 035 $a(CKB)2670000000044025 035 $a(EBL)581632 035 $a(OCoLC)700688658 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000184252 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11156864 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000184252 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10199717 035 $a(PQKB)10970615 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000518646 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11372422 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000518646 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10494095 035 $a(PQKB)23565164 035 $a(OCoLC)191952687 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36040 035 $a(DE-B1597)446115 035 $a(OCoLC)979577718 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400821815 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581632 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10035767 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275231 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581632 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000044025 100 $a19941026d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIsolationism reconfigured$b[electronic resource] $eAmerican foreign policy for a new century /$fEric A. Nordlinger 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1995 215 $a1 online resource (346 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-04327-2 311 $a0-691-02921-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [279]-318) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword and Acknowledgments -- $tCHAPTER I. Introduction -- $tPART ONE: America's Security -- $tChapter II. A NATIONAL STRATEGY: CONTEMPORARY CONTOURS AND THE HISTORICAL RECORD -- $tChapter III. AMERICA'S STRATEGIC IMMUNITY -- $tChapter IV. TAILORING POLICIES TO INTENTIONS: PROBLEMATICS AND HAZARDS -- $tChapter V. MAXIMIZING DETERRENCE, DEFENSE, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY -- $tChapter VI. MAXIMIZING CONCILIATION: REASSURING THE CHALLENGER -- $tChapter VII. MINIMIZING STRATEGIC MISMANAGEMENT: AVOIDING INADVERTENT SECURITY DEFLATIONS -- $tPART TWO: Beyond the Security Realm -- $tChapter VIII. AMERICA'S INTERNATIONAL IDEALS -- $tChapter IX. THE NATIONAL WELFARE -- $tChapter X. LIBERAL, CONSTITUTIONAL, AND LEGAL IDEALS -- $tChapter XI. AN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY -- $tNOTES -- $tIndex 330 $aThis iconoclastic and fundamental work, Eric Nordlinger's last, advocates a new variant of isolationism, a "national strategy" confining U.S. military actions largely to North America and to neighboring sea-and air- lanes but encouraging international activism and engagement in nonsecurity realms. In Nordlinger's view, disengaging from security commitments on distant shores would liberate the United States to use its resources and decision-making powers to act more effectively abroad in matters of economic policy and human rights. A national strategy would then become a powerful new method of encouraging international ideals of democracy, and isolationism would be freed of its previous associations with appeasement, weakness, economic protectionism, and self-serving nationalism. Nordlinger draws on the recent historical record to show that a national strategy would have lessened the perils of earlier decades, including those of the Cold War. While real dangers did exist during this period, engaged strategies, such as containment, too often exacerbated them. The United States could have effectively and far less expensively helped to deter Communist aggression in Europe and Asia by encouraging other nations to make larger investments in their own protection. Marshaling impressive empirical evidence in defense of a controversial position, this final work by a leading scholar of international affairs is essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and lay readers alike. 606 $aIsolationism$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989- 615 0$aIsolationism 676 $a327.73/009/049 700 $aNordlinger$b Eric A$032441 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785163703321 996 $aIsolationism reconfigured$93780586 997 $aUNINA