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A Faustian foreign policy from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush : dreams of perfectibility / Joan Hoff.

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A Faustian Foreign Policy from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush critiques U.S. foreign policy during this period by showing how moralistic diplomacy has increasingly assumed Faustian overtones, especially during the Cold War and following September 11. The ideological components of American diplomac...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Hoff, Joan, 1937-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 2001-2009.
United States > Foreign relations > Philosophy.
Diplomatic relations.
Diplomatic relations > Philosophy.
United States.
1900-2009
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : toward a Faustian diplomacy
  • The United States forms and refines its diplomacy
  • The Faustian impact of World War I on U.S. diplomacy
  • The Faustian aspects of prosperity, depression, and war
  • Faustian aspects of U.S. Cold War foreign policy
  • Cold War transformation of the American presidency
  • The United States adrift in the post-Cold War world
  • Flaunting Faustian foreign policy
  • Epilogue : the legacy of George W. Bush.

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