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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Tony, 1942-

Contributor:

Century Foundation.

Series:

Princeton studies in international history and politics.

Princeton studies in international history and politics

Princeton Studies in International History and Politics ; 137

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics--20th century.

World politics.

World politics--21st century.

Democracy--History--20th century.

Democracy.

Democracy--History--21st century.

United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (528 p.)

Edition:

Expanded ed.

Other Title:

United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword to the 2012 Edition by Janice Nittoli

Preface to the 2012 Edition

Preface

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER ONE The United States and the Global Struggle for Democracy

PART I: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and American Foreign Policy, 1898-1921

CHAPTER TWO Democracy in the Philippines

CHAPTER THREE Wilson and Democracy in Latin America

CHAPTER FOUR Wilson and a World Safe for Democracy

PART II: Liberal Democratic Internationalism, 1933-1947

CHAPTER FIVE FDR and World Order: Globalizing the Monroe Doctrine

CHAPTER SIX Democratizing Japan and Germany

PART III: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and the Cold Warf 1947-1977

CHAPTER SEVEN Eisenhower and His Legacy, 1953-1977

CHAPTER EIGHT Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, 1961-1965

PART IV: Liberal Democratic Internationalism and the Cold War, 1977-1989

CHAPTER NINE Carter's Human Rights Campaign

CHAPTER TEN Reagan's Democratic Revolution

PART V: Liberal Internationalism after the Cold War, 1989-2012

CHAPTER ELEVEN After the Cold War: Wilsonianism Resurgent?

CHAPTER TWELVE From "Fortunate Vagueness" to "Democratic Globalism," 1989-2008

CHAPTER THIRTEEN 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

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

"A Century Foundation book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-494) and index.

ISBN:

9781283457071

1283457075

9781400842025

1400842026

OCLC:

775302668