American Empire : : The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy /

American Empire : : The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy / / Andrew J. Bacevich.

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In a challenging, provocative book, Andrew Bacevich reconsiders the assumptions and purposes governing the exercise of American global power. Examining the presidencies of George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton-as well as George W. Bush's first year in office-he demolishes the view that the United...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
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Bacevich, Andrew J. ,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
©2002
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Myth of the Reluctant Superpower
  • 2 Globalization and Its Conceits
  • 3 Policy by Default
  • 4 Strategy of Openness
  • 5 Full Spectrum Dominance
  • 6 Gunboats and Gurkhas
  • 7 Rise of the Proconsuls
  • 8 Different Drummers, Same Drum
  • 9 War for the Imperium
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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