Product Description

A survey of US foreign relations and its perceived crusade to spread liberty and democracy in the two hundred years since the American Revolution. It is structured around central episodes and ideas in the history of US foreign policy.

Product Details

• Published on: 2000-07-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 272 pages

Review
"This work presents an analysis of the combination of ideals and self-interest that has motivated US foreign policy since the country's inception, but especially throughout the 20th or "American" century "Choice."

From the Back Cover
A survey of US foreign relations and its perceived crusade to spread liberty and democracy throughout the world. It explores these arguments by taking a thematic approach structured around central ideas in the history of US foreign policy, including:
* the Monroe Doctrine, its philisophical goals and impact
* Imperialism and expansionism
* the Cold War
* Third World development
* the 'evil empires' of Nasser, the Sandinistas and Sadam Hussein.