Worldmaking: The Art and Science of American Diplomacy Kindle Edition
Author: Visit ‘s David Milne Page ID: B00VE7D7GC
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File Size: 1404 KBPrint Length: 625 pagesPage Numbers Source ISBN: 0374292566Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (September 22, 2015)Publication Date: September 22, 2015 Sold by: Macmillan Language: EnglishID: B00VE7D7GCText-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Not Enabled Word Wise: EnabledLending: Not Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #91,052 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #10 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > International & World Politics > Diplomacy #73 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > International & World Politics > Diplomacy #97 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > History > Science & Medicine > Political Science
Mine’s book uses deep analysis of the thinking of representative American foreign policymakers and public from the 1890s (Alfred Thayer Mahan) to the present (Barack Obama) to unravel the tangled threads of ideas and concepts that animated US responses to international crises from the war with Spain to the advent of ISIS. He points how their successes and failures have created analogies to later situations that policymakers used to help frame their recommendations–sometimes successfully, often not so much. From all this Milne concludes that Obama’s "pragmatic realism" and it’s attendant rejection of grand strategy is the best approach for securing American national interests and moral values in today’s uncertain world, not least because it lacks the power and capacity to create a new world order in its own image.
Neocons and believers in American exceptionalism will dislike this book intensely. But they will not find it easy, if they remain true to the historical record rather than twist it to ideological purposes, to refute its arguments. An outstanding book and a must-read for students and practitioners of foreign policymaking.
Excellent book, recommend to anyone wanting a starting point in understanding the art/science of our 20th century interaction with the rest of the world.
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