This book provides a comparative analysis of 30 American
interventions into Third World countries. An historical approach is
used to place the featured cases into a more general history of
American Diplomacy. The author uses his assessments to prove that
U.S. foreign policy has been driven by the goal of being the
ultimate power in the global capitalist economic system. The author
makes his work unique by giving a critical view of America's place
in the world during an anticipated time of war and raised
patriotism. He provides a scholarly look at U.S. diplomacy leading
up to the era of "the War on Terror." Sullivan explains how over
the past 50 years the U.S. has come to succeed Europe as ruler of
the global economic system. The "political systems" which have been
promoted by the U.S. to preserve worldwide capitalism range from
one-party rule to monarchies and recurring civil war. The
interventions discussed have proved to be short-term successes for
U.S. policy, but more often tragic for the local societies
affected. Sullivan draws on his 1996 release Comparing State
Polities to create a number of tables that place U.S. involvement
into geographic and hierarchic perspective. The reader is
ultimately provided with a provocative thesis that challenges
traditional interpretations of America's role in the world. This
book will be an asset to any undergraduate college student taking
classes in political science or history. It will also appeal to a
general audience.
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