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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Hal Brands, author of Latin America’s , Jeremi SuriPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Brookings Institution Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.481kg ISBN: 9780815727125ISBN 10: 0815727127 Pages: 334 Publication Date: 30 November 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'Admittedly, there is no way for even the most accessible historian to prevent a politician from using history expediently. But, over time, policymakers' history will only get better if historians provide more useful inspiration. This exceptional volume is a sober wake-up call.' - Russell Crandall and Wade Leach In the last couple of years, with the success of populist parties in Europe, Brexit and the election of President Trump, history has been used not just as something to 'learn from' in order to 'avoid repeating' but also as an explanatory variable. Brands and Suri focus on the US case and show how representations of history, whether accurate or not (most often not), have been integral to American foreign policy-making. - Krisztina Csortea, International Affairs 'Admittedly, there is no way for even the most accessible historian to prevent a politician from using history expediently. But, over time, policymakers' history will only get better if historians provide more useful inspiration. This exceptional volume is a sober wake-up call.' - Russell Crandall and Wade Leach 'Admittedly, there is no way for even the most accessible historian to prevent a politician from using history expediently. But, over time, policymakers' history will only get better if historians provide more useful inspiration. This exceptional volume is a sober wake-up call.' - Russell Crandall and Wade Leach In the last couple of years, with the success of populist parties in Europe, Brexit and the election of President Trump, history has been used not just as something to `learn from' in order to `avoid repeating' but also as an explanatory variable. Brands and Suri focus on the US case and show how representations of history, whether accurate or not (most often not), have been integral to American foreign policy-making. - Krisztina Csortea, International Affairs Author Information"""Hal Brands is a Henry A. Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Jeremi Suri is the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is a professor in the Department of History and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. """ Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |