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Bezig met laden... The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities (Henry L. Stimson Letures) (editie 2019)door John J. Mearsheimer (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A non-fiction book about foreign policy theories. If you are interested in that subject, you will likely benefit from this book. If the subject does not interest you, this won't suit. I liked it a lot because I learned quite a bit. ( ) What a horrible disappointment. This books starts off very promising in the first four chapters (hence 2 stars) sticking to a fairly generalistic theoretical approach to polities and associated foreign policies, before veering sharply towards practical examples which all start in the vein of "Liberal hegemons are prone to doing this and that.. The United States for example..". When comes the point that you realise that the title of the book should have been "The failures of US foreign policy" without the attempt to extrapolate every issue into one of "all liberal hegemons"? Mearsheimer is always good for an intriguing, often contrarian view. I missed his speech at U of C this fall, sadly, but was very interested in this work. It dovetails in some ways with Deirdre McCloskey's views, although McCloskey is much more concerned with domestic economics. But the message is clear--- STOP MEDDLING. Fitting that I finished after Bush's memorials. Since Desert Storm, we have been bogged down or meddled in draining conflicts with unsatisfactory results-- Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya. Mearsheimer makes a convincing argument that foreign policy restraint with ultimately pay greater dividends and he successfully got me to rethink some of my positions. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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A major theoretical statement by a distinguished political scholar explains why a policy of liberal hegemony is doomed to fail In this major statement, the renowned international-relations scholar John Mearsheimer argues that liberal hegemony, the foreign policy pursued by the United States since the Cold War ended, is doomed to fail. It makes far more sense, he maintains, for Washington to adopt a more restrained foreign policy based on a sound understanding of how nationalism and realism constrain great powers abroad. It is widely believed in the West that the United States should spread liberal democracy across the world, foster an open international economy, and build institutions. This policy of remaking the world in America's image is supposed to protect human rights, promote peace, and make the world safe for democracy. But this is not what has happened. Instead, the United States has ended up as a highly militarized state fighting wars that undermine peace, harm human rights, and threaten liberal values at home. Mearsheimer tells us why this has happened. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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