Morality and American foreign policy : the role of ethics in international affairs / Robert W. McElroy.
Most international relations specialists since World War II have assumed that morality plays only the most peripheral role in the making of substantive foreign policy decisions. To show that moral norms can, and do, significantly affect international affairs, Robert McElroy investigates four cases o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Princeton legacy library.
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| Summary: | Most international relations specialists since World War II have assumed that morality plays only the most peripheral role in the making of substantive foreign policy decisions. To show that moral norms can, and do, significantly affect international affairs, Robert McElroy investigates four cases of American foreign policy-making: U.S. food aid to the Soviet Union during the Russian famine of 1921, Nixon's decision to alter U.S. policies on biochemical weapons production in 1969, the signing of the Panama Canal Treaties in 1978, and the bombing of Dresden during World War II. Origina. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 194 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-190) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400862757 1400862752 9781306985673 1306985676 |