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What America Owes the World
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What America Owes the World

The Struggle for the Soul of Foreign Policy

H. W. Brands
Cambridge UP, 1998

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Recommendation

H. W. Brands provides an excellent historical review of the complexities of United States foreign policy. He analyzes all major foreign policy positions from the intellectual ground staked out by the major political writers of each period. This book is an invaluable tool for anyone who wishes to develop or supplement knowledge on the subject, up through the Reagan years. The reader must be prepared to invest time and effort to maximize the benefits from reading this book. However, it is worth the effort. getAbstract.com recommends this book to anyone interested in United States foreign policy, and in relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Take-Aways

  • Two opposing camps, vindicators and exemplars, have driven United States foreign policy.
  • Vindicators believe the U.S. must aggressively seek out and protect good against evil wherever the struggle exists.
  • Exemplars believe the U.S. should lead by example and focus on internal reform.

About the Author

H. W. Brands, the Ralph R. Thomas Professor of History at Texas A&M University, holds degrees from Stanford University, Reed College, Portland State University, and the University of Texas. His previous books include The Spector of Neutralism, Inside the Cold War, The United States in the World, The Wages of Globalism, The Reckless Decade, and T.R.: The Last Romantic.

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