America's mission : the United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy / Tony Smith.

Author
Smith, Tony, 1942- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Expanded ed.
Published/​Created
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Description
xxii, 505 p. ; 23 cm.

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Subject(s)
Series
Princeton studies in international history and politics [More in this series]
Notes
"A Century Foundation book."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-494) and index.
Contents
  • The United States and the global struggle for democracy
  • Liberal democratic internationalism and American foreign policy, 1898-1921: Democracy in the Philippines ; Wilson and democracy in Latin America ; Wilson and a world safe for democracy
  • Liberal democratic internationalism, 1933-1947: FDR and world order : globalizing the Monroe Doctrine ; Democratizing Japan and Germany
  • Liberal democratic internationalism and the Cold War, 1947-1977: Eisenhower and his legacy, 1953-1977 ; Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, 1961-1965
  • Liberal democratic internationalism and the Cold War, 1977-1989: Carter's human rights campaign ; Reagan's democratic revolution
  • Liberal internationalism after the Cold War. 1989-2012: After the Cold War : Wilsonianism resurgent? ; From "fortunate vagueness" to "democratic globalism," 1989-2008 ; 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.
Other title(s)
United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy
ISBN
  • 9780691154923 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 0691154929 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
LCCN
2011939053
OCLC
761850840
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