Christopher A Preble

Peace, War, and Liberty

Understanding U.S. Foreign Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

Has the United States been a force for liberty around the world? Should it be? And if so, how? To answer these questions, Christopher A. Preble traces the history of U.S. foreign policy from the American Founding to the present, examining the ideas that have animated it, asking whether America's policy choices have made the world safer and freer, and considering the impact of those choices on freedom at home. Preble explains the need to question the assumptions that drive American foreign policy in the modern era—especially the assumption that American politicians can and should forcibly remake the international order to suit their desires. He asks readers to consider whether America and the world would be safer and freer if U.S. foreign policy incorporated libertarian insights about At once evenhanded and uncompromising, Peace, War, and Liberty is a comprehensive challenge to the interventionist ideology of America's foreign policy establishment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Libertarianism.Org
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 137mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781948647168
• ISBN-10: 1948647168
• Artikelnr.: 53687045

Autorenporträt

By Christopher A. Preble

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.....................................................................................................................5
Part I - A Brief History of U.S. Foreign Policy
1. Introduction: War Is the Health of the
State...............................................13
2. The American Founders, the State, and
War..............................................27
3. The Anti-Imperial
Empire...........................................................................41
4. Imperialists
Triumphant?............................................................................53
5. The World Wars and Their
Lessons............................................................71
6. The Triumph of the Permanent Warfare
State............................................89
7. Post 9/11 - Terrorizing
Ourselves.............................................................111
Part II - The Elements of Modern Libertarian Foreign Policy
1. The Case for
Skepticism...........................................................................129
2. The Problem with American
Primacy.......................................................143
3. Free Riders, Reckless Drivers, and Perilous
Partners...............................155
4. Forcing
Freedom.......................................................................................173
5. The Global
Economy................................................................................185
6. New
Rules.................................................................................................195
7. Promised
Land..........................................................................................209
Acknowledgements..............................................................................................219
Bibliography.........................................................................................................221