Theoretical Roots of US Foreign Policy: Machiavelli and American Unilateralism

Author:   Thomas M. Kane ,  Thomas M Kane (University of Hull, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415545037


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   30 January 2009
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Author:   Thomas M. Kane ,  Thomas M Kane (University of Hull, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9780415545037


ISBN 10:   041554503
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   30 January 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. The Rogue Superpower 2. Political Freedom and Grand Strategy 3. New Ways and Methods 4. World Politics, World Wars 5. The Cold War 6. A New Rome? 7. Kicking Fortuna 8. Conclusion: Machiavelli’s Value Bibliography Index

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This proposal compares favorably to its competition for a variety of reasons. For starters, most of its competitors are limited in their scope to events after 1945 or since 11 September 2001. Those works that do provide historical context do so selectively (as in the case of Johnson's The Sorrows of Empire) to advance their arguments. Dr. Kane's work is unique in that it suggests that works of theory can inform events of today. Dr James Kiras Dr. Kane's effort to, at length, discuss the relationship between the Bush Administration's foreign policy and Machiavelli is unusual and, as a result, I think the book has a good niche. Dr C. Dale Walton On the whole, Dr. Kane's work is an important corrective to the existing arguments about American unilateralism that center on President Bush's personal interests and beliefs, or the hijacking of American national security policy by Vice President Cheney and his cabal of neoconservatives. Dr Brian Auten


This proposal compares favorably to its competition for a variety of reasons. For starters, most of its competitors are limited in their scope to events after 1945 or since 11 September 2001. Those works that do provide historical context do so selectively (as in the case of Johnson's The Sorrows of Empire) to advance their arguments. Dr. Kane's work is unique in that it suggests that works of theory can inform events of today. Dr James Kiras Dr. Kane's effort to, at length, discuss the relationship between the Bush Administration's foreign policy and Machiavelli is unusual and, as a result, I think the book has a good niche. Dr C. Dale Walton On the whole, Dr. Kane's work is an important corrective to the existing arguments about American unilateralism that center on President Bush's personal interests and beliefs, or the hijacking of American national security policy by Vice President Cheney and his cabal of neoconservatives. Dr Brian Auten


"This proposal compares favorably to its competition for a variety of reasons. For starters, most of its competitors are limited in their scope to events after 1945 or since 11 September 2001. Those works that do provide historical context do so selectively (as in the case of Johnson’s The Sorrows of Empire) to advance their arguments. Dr. Kane’s work is unique in that it suggests that works of theory can inform events of today. Dr James Kiras Dr. Kane’s effort to, at length, discuss the relationship between the Bush Administration’s foreign policy and Machiavelli is unusual and, as a result, I think the book has a good ""niche."" Dr C. Dale Walton On the whole, Dr. Kane’s work is an important corrective to the existing arguments about American unilateralism that center on President Bush’s personal interests and beliefs, or the ""hijacking"" of American national security policy by Vice President Cheney and his ""cabal"" of neoconservatives. Dr Brian Auten"


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