| What America Owes the World: The Struggle for the Soul of Foreign Policy Contributor(s): Brands, H. W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521630312 ISBN-13: 9780521630313 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $115.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1998 Annotation: For two hundred years, Americans have believed that they have an obligation to improve the lot of humanity, a belief that has consistently shaped U.S. foreign policy. Yet within this consensus, there are two competing schools of thought: the "exemplarist" school (Brands' term) which holds that what America chiefly owes the world is the benign example of a well-functioning democracy, and the "vindicationist" school which argues that force must sometimes supplement a good example. In this book, H.W. Brands traces the evolution of these two schools as they emerged in the thinking and writing of the most important public thinkers of the past two centuries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 327.73 |
| LCCN: 97038837 |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.3" W x 9.26" (1.30 lbs) 346 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: For two hundred years, Americans have believed that they have an obligation to improve the lot of humanity, a belief that has consistently shaped U.S. foreign policy. Yet within this consensus, there are two competing schools of thought: the exemplarist school (Brands' term) which holds that what America chiefly owes the world is the benign example of a well-functioning democracy, and the vindicationist school which argues that force must sometimes supplement a good example. In this book, H.W. Brands traces the evolution of these two schools as they emerged in the thinking and writing of the most important public thinkers of the past two centuries. |