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America's mission : the United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy / Tony Smith.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.Edition: Expanded edDescription: xxii, 505 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780691154923 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 0691154929 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Other title:
  • United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy
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Contents:
The United States and the global struggle for democracy -- Liberal democratic internationalism and American foreign policy, 1898-1921: Democracy in the Philippines ; Wilson and democracy in Latin America ; Wilson and a world safe for democracy -- Liberal democratic internationalism, 1933-1947: FDR and world order : globalizing the Monroe Doctrine ; Democratizing Japan and Germany -- Liberal democratic internationalism and the Cold War, 1947-1977: Eisenhower and his legacy, 1953-1977 ; Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, 1961-1965 -- Liberal democratic internationalism and the Cold War, 1977-1989: Carter's human rights campaign ; Reagan's democratic revolution -- Liberal internationalism after the Cold War. 1989-2012: After the Cold War : Wilsonianism resurgent? ; From "fortunate vagueness" to "democratic globalism," 1989-2008 ; Liberal internationalism from George W. Bush to Barack Obama -- Epilogue: The irony of American liberal internationalism -- Appendix: Notes on the study of the international origins of democracy.
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"A Century Foundation book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-494) and index.

The United States and the global struggle for democracy -- Liberal democratic internationalism and American foreign policy, 1898-1921: Democracy in the Philippines ; Wilson and democracy in Latin America ; Wilson and a world safe for democracy -- Liberal democratic internationalism, 1933-1947: FDR and world order : globalizing the Monroe Doctrine ; Democratizing Japan and Germany -- Liberal democratic internationalism and the Cold War, 1947-1977: Eisenhower and his legacy, 1953-1977 ; Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, 1961-1965 -- Liberal democratic internationalism and the Cold War, 1977-1989: Carter's human rights campaign ; Reagan's democratic revolution -- Liberal internationalism after the Cold War. 1989-2012: After the Cold War : Wilsonianism resurgent? ; From "fortunate vagueness" to "democratic globalism," 1989-2008 ; Liberal internationalism from George W. Bush to Barack Obama -- Epilogue: The irony of American liberal internationalism -- Appendix: Notes on the study of the international origins of democracy.

Global Studies and Governance