The Abandonment of the West - The History of an Idea in American Foreign Policy

Informationen zum Autor Michael Kimmage is a professor of history at the Catholic University of America, specializing in the history of the United States, Europe, and Russia. A member of the secretary's policy planning staff at the US Department of State from 2014 to 2016 and the author of two books, he lives with his wife and two daughters in Washington, DC. Klappentext "In The Abandonment of the West, historian Michael Kimmage traces the West's rise and its decline in American foreign policy since the 1890s - and argues that reviving the West today is essential to fostering national unity and resisting new geopolitical threats. He concludes with a defense of the West as a framework for American foreign affairs today. Despite its past shortcomings, Kimmage argues, reviving the West is essential to restoring a foreign policy rooted in liberty and self-governance and resisting the authoritarianism of Russia and China"--How the idea of the West drove twentieth-century US foreign policy, how it fell from favor, and why it is worth saving Zusammenfassung How the idea of the West drove twentieth-century US foreign policy, how it fell from favor, and why it is worth saving

Product details

• Authors: Michael Kimmage
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9780465055906
• ISBN: 978-0-465-05590-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy