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

• Amazon Sales Rank: #275853 in Books
• Published on: 2000-07-27
• Released on: 2000-07-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 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
Has the United States contributed to the promotion of liberty and justice through its foreign policy?
US Foreign Policy in World History is a survey of US foreign relations and its perceived crusade to spread liberty and democracy in the two hundred years since the American Revolution. This book explores whether consciousness and 'spirit' has been the main motivating force in US foreign affairs or whether in reality it has been driven by materialism. David Ryan undertakes a systemic and material analysis of US foreign policy, whilst also explaining the policymakers' grand ideas, ideologies and constructs that have shaped US diplomacy.
US Foreign Policy explores these arguments by taking a thematic approach structured around central episodes and ideas in the history of US foreign relations and policy making, including:
The Monroe Doctrine, its philosophical goals and its impact
Imperialism and expansionism
Decolonization and self-determination
The Cold War
Third World development
The Soviet 'evil empire', the Sandinistas and the 'rogue' regime of Saddam Hussein
the process of economic integration in US foreign affairs