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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
xxii, 505 p. ; 23 cm.
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Subject(s)
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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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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World politics
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20th century
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World politics
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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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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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United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy
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ISBN
9780691154923
0691154929
OCLC
761850840
RCP
H - S
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