Ambiguous Legacy U. S. Foreign Relations in the "American Century"

ISBN-10: 0521779774

ISBN-13: 9780521779777

Edition: 1999

Authors: Michael J. Hogan

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This collection of essays offers one of the first efforts to assess the record of American foreign policy over the course of the 20th century. The essays comprise the work of political scientists, historians, conservatives, liberals and scholars.

Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/13/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 552
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.06" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English



The Authors


Acknowledgments


Introduction



"The American Century"




Making the World Safe for Democracy in the American Century




"Empire by Invitation" in the American Century




America and the Twentieth Century: Continuity and Change




The Idea of the National Interest




The Tension between Democracy and Capitalism during the American Century




The American Century: From Sarajevo to Sarajevo




East Asia in Henry Luce's "American Century"




The American Century and the Third World




Race from Power: U.S. Foreign Policy and the General Crisis of "White Supremacy"




Immigrants and Frontiersmen: Two Traditions in American Foreign Policy




Partisan Politics and Foreign Policy in the American Century




Philanthropy and Diplomacy in the American Century




A Century of NGOs




Consuming Women: Images of Americanization in the "American Century"




The Empire of the Fun, or Talkin' Soviet Union Blues: The Sound of Freedom and U.S. Cultural Hegemony in Europe




American Empire and Cultural Imperialism: A View from the Receiving End



Index