Disunited nations : US foreign policy, anti-Americanism, and the rise of the new right / Sean T. Byrnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byrnes, Sean T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right and left (Political science)--United States.

Right and left (Political science).

Neoliberalism--United States.

Neoliberalism.

Anti-Americanism.

North and south.

Developing countries--Foreign relations--United States.

Developing countries.

United States--Foreign relations--Developing countries.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

United Nations--United States.

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Disunited Nations explores American reactions to hostile world opinion, as voiced in the United Nations by representatives of the Global South from 1970 to 1984. Sean T. Byrnes suggests this challenge had a significant impact on US policy and politics, shaping the rise of the New Right and neoliberal visions of the world economy. Integrating developments in American political and diplomatic history with the international history of decolonization and the "Third World, " Disunited Nations adds to our understanding of major transitions in foreign policy as the US moved away from the expansive internationalist global commitments of the immediate postwar era toward a more nationalist and neoliberal understanding of international affairs.

Contents:

Introduction : from Delhi to Dallas

Imposing an American design : the global South, the Nixon Administration, and the initial US retreat from the liberal world order

Losing an ideological empire : the China vote and fears of American decline

Breaking the unholy alliance : the oil embargo, the NIEO, and Kissinger's battle against the Third World

Nobody's punching bag : Kissinger, the "Moynihan effect," and the popularity of "giving them Hell at the U.N."

Joining the jackals : the United Nations, "world order," and the failure of Carter's demarche to the Third World

A Reagan revolution for the world : the United States, the Third World, and the United Nations after 1981

Conclusion : "losing after you've won".

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807175880

0807175889

OCLC:

1228913466