LEADER 04184nam 2200541 450 001 9910794117903321 005 20210831031749.0 010 $a0-271-03127-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271031279 035 $a(CKB)4100000011299818 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6224358 035 $a(DE-B1597)583936 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271031279 035 $a(OCoLC)1262307211 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011299818 100 $a20201002d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDemocracy at the point of bayonets /$fMark Peceny 210 1$aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :$cPennsylvania State University Press,$d[1999] 210 4$dİ1999 215 $a1 online resource (270 pages) $cillustrations 311 0 $a0-271-01882-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Tables --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. The Promotion of Democracy and the Liberal Peace --$t2. Presidents, Congress, and the Promotion of Democracy --$t3. The Spanish-American War and the Foundations of the Pro-Democratic Compromise --$t4. Kennedy and Diem: The Presidential Path to the Promotion of Democracy --$t5. The Duarte Solution: Congressional Pressure and Reagan's Policy Toward El Salvador, 1981-1984 --$t6. Democratic Enlargement in Haiti and Bosnia --$t7. The Impact of U.S. Intervention on Democratization --$t8. Leader of the Free World --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aNo country has worked harder to coerce others to adopt liberal institutions than the United States. This book examines the promotion of democracy during U.S. military interventions in the twentieth century, showing it to be one of the central ways in which the United States attempts to reconcile the potential contradictions involved in being a liberal great power. Examining interventions from the Spanish-American War through recent actions in Bosnia, Mark Peceny shows how the United States has encouraged the institution of free elections and other liberal reforms?often at the point of bayonets. Peceny applies statistical analysis to ninety-three cases of intervention and presents six case studies: Cuba and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War, Vietnam during the Kennedy administration, El Salvador during Reagan's first term, and Clinton's interventions in Haiti and Bosnia. By forging a synthesis of realist and domestic liberal approaches, Peceny illuminates the roles that both security concerns and liberal values play in the formulation and implementation of foreign policy. He shows how presidents often initially choose proliberalization policies to serve U.S. security interests and how Congress exerts pressure when presidents fail to take the initiative. Under these circumstances, he shows, presidents use the promotion of democracy to build domestic political consensus and to legitimize interventions. Although the United States has failed to promote democracy in most interventions, Peceny demonstrates that it has often had a profound and positive impact on the democratization of target states. His study offers new insight into the relationship between American power, the promotion of democracy, and prospects for the liberal peace in the decades to come. 606 $aIntervention (International law)$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMilitary assistance, American$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aNational security$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aDemocracy$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 615 0$aIntervention (International law)$xHistory 615 0$aMilitary assistance, American$xHistory 615 0$aNational security$xHistory 615 0$aDemocracy$xHistory 676 $a321.80904 700 $aPeceny$b Mark$f1961-$01490983 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794117903321 996 $aDemocracy at the point of bayonets$93712501 997 $aUNINA