Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism: U.S. Foreign Policy and National Security, 1920-2015
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (784 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06ZY9QLRD |
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| Number of Pages | : | 254 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Why did the United States withdraw strategically from Europe after World War I and not after World War II? How did World War II reshape Americans’ understanding of their vital interests? What caused the United States to achieve victory in the long Cold War? To what extent did 9/11 transform U.S. national security policy from the end of World War I to the global war on terror. He stresses the competing priorities that forced policymakers to make agonizing trade-offs and illuminates the travails of the policymaking process itself. national security policy by one of its most influential thinkers, Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism
It not only teaches much about American foreign policy decision making, it also traces the arc of one of our discipline's most vibrant and influential writers."--Jeffrey A. He is a historian’s historian, and this collection of his remarkably influential essays, along with his compelling introduction, makes clear why his work has shaped the contours of diplomatic history debates for more than five decades."--Martin J. Engel, Center for Presidential History"Because Leffler has reflected and affected the history and historiography of policymaking over the past four decades, the significance and appeal of this volume cannot be exaggerated. It also happens to address a central question facing American foreign policy todayhow to safeguard American security and economic interests in an increasingly challenging world. Everyone interested in foreign policy should read this book."--
. Leffler is the Edward Stettinius Professor of American History at the University of Virginia and faculty fellow at UVA’s Miller Center. Melvyn P. His many books include For the Soul of Mankind and A Preponderance of Power