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Subject(s)

• United States—Foreign relations—20th century [Browse]
• United States—Foreign relations—21st century [Browse]
• Democracy—History—20th century [Browse]
• Democracy—History—21st century [Browse]
• World politics—20th century [Browse]
• World politics—21st century [Browse]

Related name

• Century Foundation [Browse]

Series

Princeton studies in international history and politics. [More in this series]

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

• Prev. ed.: 1994, copyright The Twentieth Century Fund, Inc.
• "A Century Foundation book."

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• The United States and the global struggle for democracy
• Democracy in the Philippines
• Wilson and democracy in Latin America
• Wilson and a world safe for democracy
• FDR and world order : globalizing the Monroe Doctrine
• Democratizing Japan and Germany
• Eisenhower and his legacy, 1953-1977
• Kennedy's alliance for progress, 1961-1965
• Carter's human rights campaign
• Reagan's democratic revolution
• After the Cold War : Wilsonianism resurgent?
• From "fortunate vagueness" to "democratic globalism," 1989-2008
• Liberal internationalism from George W. Bush to Barack Obama
• The irony of American liberal internationalism
• Notes on the study of the international origins of democracy.

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Other title(s)

• United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy
• Project Muse UPCC books

ISBN

• 9780691154923
• 0691154929

OCLC

761850840

RCP

H - S

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