Taming American power : the global response to U.S. primacy / Stephen M. Walt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walt, Stephen M., 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.

United States.

International relations.

Balance of power.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Physical Description:

320 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Norton, [2005]

Summary:

The United States currently wields unprecedented global power. Americans often assume their global role is benevolent and their dominant position unchallenged, but other states are increasingly worried about U.S. dominance and are beginning to turn their concerns into action.

In this elegant and provocative book, Kennedy School professor and renowned scholar Stephen M. Walt analyzes the different strategies states employ to counter U.S. power or to harness it for their own ends. These responses threaten America's ability to achieve its foreign policy goals and may eventually undermine its dominant position. To prevent this, Walt argues, the United States must adopt a foreign policy more welcomed by other states, rather than one that reinforces their fear of American power.

Contents:

Introduction: The problem of American power

The foreign policy of American primacy

The roots of resentment

Strategies of opposition

Strategies of accommodation

Foreign policy in the national interest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-303) and index.

ISBN:

0393052036

OCLC:

60189559