Conservative Internationalism (eBook)

Armed Diplomacy under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan

Henry R. Nau (Autor)

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2015
352 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-7372-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Henry R. Nau is professor of political science and international affairs in the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.

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A reexamination of America's overloaded foreign policy tradition and its importance for global politics todayDebates about U.S. foreign policy have revolved around three main traditions-liberal internationalism, realism, and nationalism. In this book, distinguished political scientist Henry Nau delves deeply into a fourth, overlooked foreign policy tradition that he calls "e;conservative internationalism."e; This approach spreads freedom, like liberal internationalism; arms diplomacy, like realism; and preserves national sovereignty, like nationalism. It targets a world of limited government or independent "e;sister republics,"e; not a world of great power concerts or centralized international institutions.Nau explores conservative internationalism in the foreign policies of Thomas Jefferson, James Polk, Harry Truman, and Ronald Reagan. These presidents did more than any others to expand the arc of freedom using a deft combination of force, diplomacy, and compromise. Since Reagan, presidents have swung back and forth among the main traditions, overreaching under Bush and now retrenching under Obama. Nau demonstrates that conservative internationalism offers an alternative way. It pursues freedom but not everywhere, prioritizing situations that border on existing free countries-Turkey, for example, rather than Iraq. It uses lesser force early to influence negotiations rather than greater force later after negotiations fail. And it reaches timely compromises to cash in military leverage and sustain public support.A groundbreaking revival of a neglected foreign policy tradition, Conservative Internationalism shows how the United States can effectively sustain global leadership while respecting the constraints of public will and material resources.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.8.2015
• Vorwort: Henry R. Nau
• Zusatzinfo: 1 halftone. 3 line illus. 1 table. 2 maps.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Afghanistan • Alien and Sedition Acts • American Enterprise Institute • American Exceptionalism • american nationalism • americans • Annexation • Anti-Communism • arab spring • barack obama • Barbary Pirates • Boris Yeltsin • Central Europe • central government • Civil Society • Coalition of the willing • Cold War • Collective Security • Colonialism • communism • containment • Democracy • Democracy Promotion • Democratic Peace Theory • democratic republic • Despot (court title) • despotism • Disarmament • domestic policy • Eastern Europe • Economic Sanctions • Embargo • Filibuster (military) • foreign policy • Foreign policy of the United States • Free Trade • George W. Bush • grand strategy • Great Power • Harry S. Truman • Henry Kissinger • Ideology • imperialism • Individualism • Institution • International Relations • Iraq War • James K. Polk • League of Nations • Legislation • liberal democracy • liberal internationalism • Liberalism • Liberalism in the United States • Manifest Destiny • Marshall Plan • Mexican–American War • Mikhail Gorbachev • Missile Defense • Monarchy • Monroe Doctrine • Multilateralism • national security • Nation-Building • Neoconservatism • North Korea • nuclear proliferation • nuclear weapon • Oxford University Press • Pacifism • Politics • power politics • President of the United States • Princeton University Press • Racism • regime change • Republicanism • Republican Party (United States) • Rogue state • Ronald Reagan • Royal Navy • Slavery • Sovereignty • Soviet Union • sphere of influence • terrorism • Theodore Roosevelt • Treaty • Unilateralism • United States • Uruguay Round • war • weapon of mass destruction • Western Europe • Western Hemisphere • Westphalian Sovereignty • Whigs (British political party) • Woodrow Wilson • world affairs • World War II
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-7372-X / 140087372X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-7372-2 / 9781400873722