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Temptations of a Superpower (Paperback, New Ed)
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Temptations of a Superpower (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: The Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures on American Civilization and Government
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America is the last remaining superpower. Yet what does this
triumph mean when the challenges we face often defy military
solutions? In Temptations of a Superpower, one of our most eloquent
and incisive foreign policy analysts takes a hard look at this
question, with all its implications for America's role in the
post-Cold War world. Ronald Steel offers a devastating critique of
a high-stakes game of foreign policy played by rules that no longer
apply, and then proposes a more realistic--and pragmatic--view of
the world and our place in it. The Cold War imposed a certain order
on the world, giving us a secure sense of our enemies and allies,
our interests and our mission. Steel paints a disturbing picture of
the world now deprived of its ordering principle, where ethnic
conflicts and national rivalries once held in check erupt in
violence, where the shifting allegiances and fevered ambitions
flout familiar strategies for keeping peace, conducting trade, and
protecting human rights. He explores the history of our present
predicament and explains the dangers of adapting outmoded but
habitual policies to a new world whose shape is fast evolving.
What, for instance, is the future of America's military, deeply
embedded as it is in our culture and economy? If Wilsonian
idealism, with its vision of converting the world to democracy,
replaces anti-communism as the guiding principle behind foreign
policy, how far should it take us? What distinctions should we make
between our nearest neighbors and distant nations? How are we to
balance economic needs and ethical imperatives? Analyzing the
turmoil sweeping the world from China to Bosnia, Haiti to the
Caucasus, Steel depicts the shattering dilemmas facing American
policymakers. What concern should the United States have with many
world quarrels? How can national interest be reconciled with
strategic considerations and morality? When should domestic needs
take precedence over foreign policy? The alternatives that Steel
proposes to current policies defy much of the conventional wisdom
and are certain to provoke controversy. He asks not only what
America should do for the world, but what it must do for itself.
Reminding us that foreign and domestic policy are inseparable,
Steel argues that a renewed foreign policy must address not only
changes in the world order, but the pressing, unmet needs within
America itself.
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Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
The Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures on American Civilization and Government |
Release date: |
March 1996 |
First published: |
March 1996 |
Authors: |
Ronald Steel
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
144 |
Edition: |
New Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-87341-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
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Politics & government >
International relations >
General
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LSN: |
0-674-87341-6 |
Barcode: |
9780674873414 |
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