{"product_id":"american-foreign-policy-and-its-thinkers-paperback","title":"American Foreign Policy and Its Thinkers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePerry Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMagisterial account of the ideas and the figures who have forged the American Empire\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the birth of the nation, impulses of empire have been close to the heart of the United States. How these urges interact with the way the country understands itself, and the nature of the divergent interests at work in the unfolding of American foreign policy, is a subject much debated and still obscure. In a fresh look at the topic, Anderson charts the intertwined historical development of America's imperial reach and its role as the general guarantor of capital. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe internal tensions that have arisen are traced from the closing stages of the Second World War through the Cold War to the War on Terror. Despite the defeat and elimination of the USSR, the planetary structures for warfare and surveillance have not been retracted but extended. Anderson ends with a survey of the repertoire of US grand strategy, as its leading thinkers--Brzezinski, Mead, Kagan, Fukuyama, Mandelbaum, Ikenberry, Art and others--grapple with the tasks and predicaments of the American imperium today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerry Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of, among other books, \u003ci\u003eSpectrum\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLineages of the Absolutist State\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePassages from Antiquity to Feudalism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eConsiderations on Western Marxism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eEnglish Questions\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Origins of Postmodernity\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe New Old World\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Indian Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches history at UCLA and is on the editorial board of \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759167144224,"sku":"9781786630483","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/798c14e2de507f36cc44dc7b065cb4ed.webp?v=1780144090","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/american-foreign-policy-and-its-thinkers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}