Special Providence_ American Foreign Policy and How It Changed World - Walter Russell Mead

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Contents ForewordbyRichardC.Leone Xl Introduction xv ChapterOne TheAmericanForeignPolicyTradition 3 ChapterTwo TheKaleidoscopeof ...

Foreword S incetheendoftheColdWar,scholarsofforeignpolicyhavebeen seekinga waytodescribethenewarchitectureofAmericanfor- eignpol ...

XlI Foreword does have enormous additional room inwhich to maneuverin the twenty-firstcentury,itscarcelyhasa blankslateonwhichto ...

Foreword X tionswiththeUnitedNations.Ourmostrecentpublicationslookingat thiscriticalissueincludeEdwardLuck'sMixedMessages:Americ ...

TheCenturyFoundation TheCenturyFoundation,formerlytheTwentiethCenturyFund,spon- sorsandsupervisestimelyanalysesofeconomicpolicy, ...

Introduction T hisis a bookabouthowandwhyAmericanforeignpolicyworks. In littlemorethan twohundredyears, the UnitedStates hasgrow ...

XVI Introduction stancesafterWorldWarII,democraticGermanandJapanesegovern- mentsmadetheircountriesrich,peaceful,andrespected.Was ...

Introduction XVll Americansthroughthecenturiesseemtohavehadfourbasicwaysof lookingatforeignpolicy,whichhavereflectedcontrastinga ...

XVll1 Introduction History,alas,hasa wayofhangingon.Morethana decadeafterthe ColdWar,itnowseemsclearthatthetwenty-firstcenturyis ...

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ChapterOne THE AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY TRADITION L ordBryce,a BritishstatesmanwhoservedasBritain'sambassa- dortotheUnitedStatesf ...