American Pendulum
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American Pendulumdiscusses US foreign policy by examining the recurring debates that shape the discourse surrounding America's role in the international system. Hemmer pays special attention to the key issues that define present-day US foreign policy decisions, including the trade-offs of adopting a unilateral or multilateral approach, the role of US values in foreign policy decisions, regions of the world that should cause the US heightened concern, and whether the future belongs to the US or its enemies.
» M. L. Keck, Choice
As new presidential administrations come into power, they each bring their own approach to foreign policy. No grand strategy, however, is going to be completely novel. New administrations never start with a blank slate, so it is always possible to see similarities between an administration and its predecessors. Les mer
Offering new readings of debates within the Wilson, Truman, Nixon, Bush, and Obama administrations, Hemmer asserts that heated debates, disagreements, and even confusions over U.S. grand strategy are not only normal but also beneficial. He challenges the claim that uncertainties or inconsistences about the nation's role in the world or approach to security issues betray strategic confusion or the absence of a grand strategy. American foreign policy, he states, is most in danger not when debates are at their most pointed but when the weight of opinion crushes dissent. As the United States looks ahead to an increasingly multipolar world with increasing complicated security issues, Hemmer concludes, developing an effective grand strategy requires ongoing contestation and compromises between competing visions and policies. -- Cornell University Press
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cornell University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780801454240
- Utgivelsesår
- 2015
- Format
- 24 x 16 cm
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American Pendulumdiscusses US foreign policy by examining the recurring debates that shape the discourse surrounding America's role in the international system. Hemmer pays special attention to the key issues that define present-day US foreign policy decisions, including the trade-offs of adopting a unilateral or multilateral approach, the role of US values in foreign policy decisions, regions of the world that should cause the US heightened concern, and whether the future belongs to the US or its enemies.
» M. L. Keck, Choice