An empire if you can keep it : power and principle in American foreign policy / Thomas M. Magstadt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Magstadt, Thomas M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations.

United States.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xviii, 263 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, [2004]

Contents:

America's foreign policy: product, process, and purpose

Ideals and self interest: the American way

Hegemony and insolvency: the burdens of a great power

Between wars: collective security and delusions of peace

The cold war: containment and deterrence

Intervention against communism: from Kennedy to Reagan

Democracy and anarchy: America in the new world order

From intervention to preemption: America's new crusade

Power, principles, and war: the limits of foreign policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1568028792

OCLC:

54280052