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Cold War US Foreign Policy - Key Perspectives (Hardcover)
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Cold War US Foreign Policy - Key Perspectives (Hardcover)
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This book provides the first comprehensive description and critique
of the six most important historical interpretations of US Cold War
foreign policy: Traditionalism, Revisionism, Post-Revisionism,
Corporatism, World Systems Theory, and Post-Structuralism. The
author uses the 'levels of analysis' approach to demonstrate how
each of these perspectives can be understood as an explanatory
framework combining different types of factors located at different
levels of the international system. This original way of explaining
the work of the historians discussed helps the reader to see past
the narrative and empirical elements of their writings and to grasp
more clearly the underlying theoretical assumptions. In each
chapter a description of the perspective's underlying theoretical
framework and how it explains US foreign policy is followed by a
critique of that theory and explanation. A central theme, developed
throughout the book, is the difficulty of managing the constant
tension between the explanatory power of theory and the historian's
desire to encompass the complex totality of historical events. This
critical companion can be read alongside the works of the
historians themselves, showing how they have sought to explain US
Cold War foreign policy and the key differences between their
perspectives. Key Features * 1st complete discussion of the 6
schools of thought in one volume * Discusses current issues such as
corporatism, world systems theory and post-structuralim in an
accessible manner * original use of the 'levels of analysis'
framework in studying this subject * demonstrates in practical
terms how each theory explains US Cold War foreign policy
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