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Superpower illusions [[electronic resource] ] : how myths and false ideologies led America astray, and how to return to reality / / Jack F. Matlock, Jr



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Autore: Matlock Jack F Visualizza persona
Titolo: Superpower illusions [[electronic resource] ] : how myths and false ideologies led America astray, and how to return to reality / / Jack F. Matlock, Jr Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
Disciplina: 327.73009/048
Soggetto topico: Cold War - Influence
Unilateral acts (International law)
Intervention (International law)
International cooperation
Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations 1989-
United States Foreign relations 1981-1989
United States Foreign relations Philosophy
United States Military policy
United States Foreign relations Soviet Union
Soviet Union Foreign relations United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Myths and realities -- Framework diplomacy : Reagan's approach to Gorbachev -- Cleanup diplomacy and conclusions we can draw -- Regime change : the Soviet Union disintegrates -- A new world? (1992) -- The unipolar delusion (the 1990s) -- Hubris and its consequences (1993-2000) -- Asleep at the switch : 9/11 and the "War on Terror" -- Tar baby Iraq -- Ideology trumps reality (2001-2009) -- Course change -- An agenda, not a doctrine.
Sommario/riassunto: Former U.S. ambassador to the USSR Jack F. Matlock refutes the enduring idea that the United States forced the collapse of the Soviet Union by applying military and economic pressure-with wide-ranging implications for U.S. foreign policy. Matlock argues that Gorbachev, not Reagan, undermined Communist Party rule in the Soviet Union and that the Cold War ended in a negotiated settlement that benefited both sides. He posits that the end of the Cold War diminished rather than enhanced American power; with the removal of the Soviet threat, allies were less willing to accept American protection and leadership that seemed increasingly to ignore their interests. Matlock shows how, during the Clinton and particularly the Bush-Cheney administrations, the belief that the United States had defeated the Soviet Union led to a conviction that it did not need allies, international organizations, or diplomacy, but could dominate and change the world by using its military power unilaterally. The result is a weakened America that has compromised its ability to lead. Matlock makes a passionate plea for the United States under Obama to re-envision its foreign policy and gives examples of how the new administration can reorient the U.S. approach to critical issues, taking advantage of lessons we should have learned from our experience in ending the Cold War.
Titolo autorizzato: Superpower illusions  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-300-15596-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910462142603321
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