The Folly of Empire: What George W. Bush Could Learn from Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow WilsonOxford University Press, 2006. 6. 15. - 256페이지 A century ago, the Theodore Roosevelt administration believed building an American empire was the only way the U.S. could ensure its role in the world, but came to see the occupation of the Philippines as America's "heel of Achilles." Woodrow Wilson, shocked by the failure of American intervention in Mexico and by the outbreak of World War I, came to see imperialism as the underlying cause of war and set about trying to create an international system to eliminate empires. But, the current Bush administration, despite the lessons of the past, has revived the older dreams of American empire--under the guise of democracy--even touting the American experience in the Philippines as a success upon which the United States could build in attempting to transform the Middle East. With The Folly of Empire, John B. Judis shows that history can teach us lessons and allow political leaders, if sensitive to history, to change their strategy in order to avoid past mistakes. Judis shows how presidents from Franklin Roosevelt to Bill Clinton drew upon what Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson learned about the pitfalls of using American power unilaterally to carve out a world in America's image. Exercising leadership through international institutions and alliances, the United States was able to win the Cold War and the first Gulf War. But by ignoring these lessons, the Bush administration has created a quagmire of terror and ethnic conflict. By examining America's role in the international community--then and now--The Folly of Empire is a sharp and compelling critique of America's current foreign policy and offers a direct challenge to neo-conservatives. |
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... .”4 American proponents of imperialism argued that the country needed colonies to bolster its military power and to find markets for its capital, but they also believed that by expanding overseas, the United States The Folly of Empire 3.
... .”4 American proponents of imperialism argued that the country needed colonies to bolster its military power and to find markets for its capital, but they also believed that by expanding overseas, the United States The Folly of Empire 3.
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... believed that by expanding overseas, the United States was fulfilling its historic mission to transform the world in its image. The United States had been founded by descendants of emigrants from Protestant Britain and Holland who ...
... believed that by expanding overseas, the United States was fulfilling its historic mission to transform the world in its image. The United States had been founded by descendants of emigrants from Protestant Britain and Holland who ...
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... believed that imperialism was contributing to a higher, more pacific civilization by bringing not only capitalist industry but also higher standards of morality and education to what had been barbarous regions. Wars would be fought, but ...
... believed that imperialism was contributing to a higher, more pacific civilization by bringing not only capitalist industry but also higher standards of morality and education to what had been barbarous regions. Wars would be fought, but ...
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... believed that it could best play that role by getting other nations to work with it to effect a global transformation. Wilson failed to get either the other victors from World War I or the Republican-controlled Senate in the United ...
... believed that it could best play that role by getting other nations to work with it to effect a global transformation. Wilson failed to get either the other victors from World War I or the Republican-controlled Senate in the United ...
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... believed that their victory would aid the Soviet Union. That led to the catastrophic war in Vietnam and to serious setbacks in the Caribbean, Central America, and the Mideast. American policy-makers discovered once more that when ...
... believed that their victory would aid the Soviet Union. That led to the catastrophic war in Vietnam and to serious setbacks in the Caribbean, Central America, and the Mideast. American policy-makers discovered once more that when ...
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II Americas Imperial Moment | 29 |
III Theodore Roosevelt and the Heel of Achilles | 51 |
IV Woodrow Wilson and the Way to Liberty | 75 |
V Woodrow Wilson and the Conscience of the World | 95 |
VI Franklin Roosevelt and the Four Freedoms | 119 |
VII Cold War Liberalism from Truman to Reagan | 131 |
VIII Bush Clinton and the Triumph of Wilsonianism | 149 |
IX George W Bush Sees Evil | 165 |
X George W Bush and the Illusion of Omnipotence | 185 |
Conclusion | 201 |
Notes | 213 |
Acknowledgments | 231 |
Index | 233 |
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