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American Empire - The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy (Paperback, New Ed)
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American Empire - The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy (Paperback, New Ed)
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In 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.
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