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America's mission : the United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy / Tony Smith.
Author
Smith, Tony, 1942-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Expanded ed.
Published/Created
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Description
1 online resource (528 p.)
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Subject(s)
World politics
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20th century
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World politics
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21st century
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Democracy
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History
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20th century
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Democracy
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History
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21st century
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United States
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Foreign relations
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20th century
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United States
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Foreign relations
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21st century
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Related name
Century Foundation
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Series
Princeton studies in international history and politics
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Princeton studies in international history and politics.
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Summary note
America's Mission argues that the global strength and prestige of democracy today are due in large part to America's impact on international affairs. Tony Smith documents the extraordinary history of how American foreign policy has been used to try to promote democracy worldwide, an effort that enjoyed its greatest triumphs in the occupations of Japan and Germany but suffered huge setbacks in Latin America, Vietnam, and elsewhere. With new chapters and a new introduction and epilogue, this expanded edition also traces U.S. attempts to spread democracy more recently, under presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama, and assesses America's role in the Arab Spring.
Notes
"A Century Foundation book."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-494) and index.
Target audience
Specialized.
Language note
English
Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword to the 2012 Edition by Janice Nittoli
Preface to the 2012 Edition
Preface
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER ONE The United States and the Global Struggle for Democracy
PART I: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and American Foreign Policy, 1898-1921
CHAPTER TWO Democracy in the Philippines
CHAPTER THREE Wilson and Democracy in Latin America
CHAPTER FOUR Wilson and a World Safe for Democracy
PART II: Liberal Democratic Internationalism, 1933-1947
CHAPTER FIVE FDR and World Order: Globalizing the Monroe Doctrine
CHAPTER SIX Democratizing Japan and Germany
PART III: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and the Cold Warf 1947-1977
CHAPTER SEVEN Eisenhower and His Legacy, 1953-1977
CHAPTER EIGHT Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, 1961-1965
PART IV: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and the Cold War, 1977-1989
CHAPTER NINE Carter's Human Rights Campaign
CHAPTER TEN Reagan's Democratic Revolution
PART V: Liberal Internationalism after the Cold War, 1989-2012
CHAPTER ELEVEN After the Cold War: Wilsonianism Resurgent?
CHAPTER TWELVE From "Fortunate Vagueness" to "Democratic Globalism," 1989-2008
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Liberal Internationalism from George W. Bush to Barack Obama
EPILOGUE The Irony of American Liberal Internationalism
APPENDIX Notes on the Study of the International Origins of Democracy
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy
ISBN
1-283-45707-5
1-4008-4202-6
OCLC
775302668
979577855
Doi
10.1515/9781400842025
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