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Zusatztext Hendricksons concern about the direction of US foreign policy is well founded and this well-written, flowing volume will be of interest to scholars, policy-makers and students of international relations. Informationen zum Autor David C. Hendrickson is Campbell Professor of History, Colorado College, and co-author of Empire of Liberty: The Statecraft of Thomas Jefferson. Klappentext In Republic in Peril, David Hendrickson sees a threat to American institutions and liberties in the emergence of a powerful national security state. The book offers a panoramic view of America's choices in foreign policy, with detailed analysis of the vested interests and ideologies that have justified a sprawling global empire over the last 25 years. Zusammenfassung In Republic in Peril, David Hendrickson sees a threat to American institutions and liberties in the emergence of a powerful national security state. The book offers a panoramic view of America's choices in foreign policy, with detailed analysis of the vested interests and ideologies that have justified a sprawling global empire over the last 25 years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Obama Legacy and Trump Revolution America, Liberalism, and Empire Plan of the Work Chapter I: Liberal Hegemony Officialdom Rule Maker, Rule Breaker Friends and Enemies, Protector and Protected The Neo-Liberal Economic Order on the Ropes Who-Whom? Chapter II: Universal Empire and Westphalian Ruins Toward Universal Empire Rome and America Revolution, Intervention, and the Law of Nations The American Synthesis Pluralism and Liberal Internationalism Realism, Liberalism, and the Legal Order The Golden Rule Chapter III: Public Bads in the Illiberal World Order Freedom of Navigation and East Asia The Greater Good in the Greater Middle East Surveillance State, Sanctioning State, and the New Praetorian Elite The Open Door and Its Enemies Recovering Liberalism Chapter IV: Taps for Republican Liberty Internationalism's Broken Promises Sacralizing Militarism The Security Theory of Republican Liberalism Chapter V: Nation, Union, Empire The Exceptional Nation What Kind of Union? Old Testament, New Testament: Neutrality vs. Collective Defense Chapter VI: The Renovation of American Foreign Policy Globalism and Isolationism A New Internationalism Return of the Lippmann Gap The Nixon Precedent Toward a New Detente Reconstituting the European Alliance East Asian Retrenchment Concert vs. Dominance Heart of Darkness Blood and Oil Israel and the Thrasybulus Syndrome Conclusion Short Titles and Select Bibliography Notes Index ...
