America at the crossroads : democracy, power, and the neoconservative legacy /

Fukuyama, Francis.

America at the crossroads : democracy, power, and the neoconservative legacy / Francis Fukuyama. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006. - xiv, 226 p. ; 22 cm. - The Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-216) and index.

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.



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Conservatism--United States.
Iraq War, 2003-2011.
Hegemony--United States.
Democracy.
International relations.


United States--Foreign relations--2001-
United States--Military policy.

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