| Description |
xiv, 226 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
The Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-216) and index. |
| Contents |
Principles and prudence -- The neoconservative legacy -- Threat, risk, and preventive war -- American exceptionalism and international legitimacy -- Social engineering and the problem of development -- Rethinking institutions for world order -- A different kind of American foreign policy. |
| Summary |
Francis Fukuyama's criticism of the Iraq war put him at odds with neoconservatives both within and outside the Bush administration. Here he explains how, in its decision to invade Iraq, the Bush administration failed in its stewardship of American foreign policy, in making preventive war the central tenet of its foreign policy, in misjudging the global reaction to its exercise of "benevolent hegemony," and in failing to appreciate the difficulties involved in large-scale social engineering. --From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Hegemony.
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Conservatism.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-
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United States -- Military policy.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011
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Democracy.
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International relations.
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| ISBN |
0300113994 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9780300113990 |
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