America's Mission : : The United States and the Worldwide Struggle for Democracy - Expanded Edition / / Tony Smith.

America's Mission argues that the global strength and prestige of democracy today are due in large part to America's impact on international affairs. Tony Smith documents the extraordinary history of how American foreign policy has been used to try to promote democracy worldwide, an effort...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Expanded
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in International History and Politics ; 137
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Physical Description:1 online resource (528 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Foreword to the 2012 Edition by Janice Nittoli --
Preface to the 2012 Edition --
Preface --
Acknowledgments --
CHAPTER ONE The United States and the Global Struggle for Democracy --
PART I: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and American Foreign Policy, 1898-1921 --
CHAPTER TWO Democracy in the Philippines --
CHAPTER THREE Wilson and Democracy in Latin America --
CHAPTER FOUR Wilson and a World Safe for Democracy --
PART II: Liberal Democratic Internationalism, 1933-1947 --
CHAPTER FIVE FDR and World Order: Globalizing the Monroe Doctrine --
CHAPTER SIX Democratizing Japan and Germany --
PART III: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and the Cold Warf 1947-1977 --
CHAPTER SEVEN Eisenhower and His Legacy, 1953-1977 --
CHAPTER EIGHT Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, 1961-1965 --
PART IV: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and the Cold War, 1977-1989 --
CHAPTER NINE Carter's Human Rights Campaign --
CHAPTER TEN Reagan's Democratic Revolution --
PART V: Liberal Internationalism after the Cold War, 1989-2012 --
CHAPTER ELEVEN After the Cold War: Wilsonianism Resurgent? --
CHAPTER TWELVE From "Fortunate Vagueness" to "Democratic Globalism," 1989-2008 --
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Liberal Internationalism from George W. Bush to Barack Obama --
EPILOGUE The Irony of American Liberal Internationalism --
APPENDIX Notes on the Study of the International Origins of Democracy --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index
Summary:America's Mission argues that the global strength and prestige of democracy today are due in large part to America's impact on international affairs. Tony Smith documents the extraordinary history of how American foreign policy has been used to try to promote democracy worldwide, an effort that enjoyed its greatest triumphs in the occupations of Japan and Germany but suffered huge setbacks in Latin America, Vietnam, and elsewhere. With new chapters and a new introduction and epilogue, this expanded edition also traces U.S. attempts to spread democracy more recently, under presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama, and assesses America's role in the Arab Spring.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781400842025
9783110442502
DOI:10.1515/9781400842025
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Tony Smith.