From Wealth to Power The Unusual Origins of America's World Role / Fareed Zakaria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zakaria, Fareed.

Series:

Princeton Studies in International History and Politics

Princeton paperbacks

Princeton studies in international history and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Diplomatic relations.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1865-1921.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1999]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What turns rich nations into great powers? How do wealthy countries begin extending their influence abroad? These questions are vital to understanding one of the most important sources of instability in international politics: the emergence of a new power. In From Wealth to Power, Fareed Zakaria seeks to answer these questions by examining the most puzzling case of a rising power in modern history--that of the United States. If rich nations routinely become great powers, Zakaria asks, then how do we explain the strange inactivity of the United States in the late nineteenth century? B.

Contents:

Introduction : what makes a great power?

A theory of foreign policy : why do states expand?

Imperial understretch : power and nonexpansion, 1865-1889

The rise of the American state, 1877-1896 : the foundation for a new foreign policy

The new diplomacy, 1889-1908 : the emergence of a great power

Conclusion : strong nation, weak state.

Notes:

Originally published: 1998.

"First paperback printing, 1999"--Title page verso.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

9781400829187

1400829186

OCLC:

727647387