{"product_id":"special-providence-american-foreign-policy-and-how-it-changed-the-world-paperback","title":"Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalter Russell Mead\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"God has a special providence for fools, drunks and the United States of America.\"--Otto von Bismarck \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmerica's response to the September 11 attacks spotlighted many of the country's longstanding goals on the world stage: to protect liberty at home, to secure America's economic interests, to spread democracy in totalitarian regimes and to vanquish the enemy utterly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of America's leading foreign policy thinkers, Walter Russell Mead, argues that these diverse, conflicting impulses have in fact been the key to the U.S.'s success in the world. In a sweeping new synthesis, Mead uncovers four distinct historical patterns in foreign policy, each exemplified by a towering figure from our past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilsonians are moral missionaries, making the world safe for democracy by creating international watchdogs like the U.N. Hamiltonians likewise support international engagement, but their goal is to open foreign markets and expand the economy. Populist Jacksonians support a strong military, one that should be used rarely, but then with overwhelming force to bring the enemy to its knees. Jeffersonians, concerned primarily with liberty at home, are suspicious of both big military and large-scale international projects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA striking new vision of America's place in the world, \u003cem\u003eSpecial Providence\u003c\/em\u003e transcends stale debates about realists vs. idealists and hawks vs. doves to provide a revolutionary, nuanced, historically-grounded view of American foreign policy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalter Russell Mead\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. A contributing editor at the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times, he has also\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ewritten for the The New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eMortal Splendor: The\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Empire in Transition\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 9.02 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755828871456,"sku":"9780415935364","price":134.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a4480f022464f374319d7cb6a1884fb8.webp?v=1780069112","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/special-providence-american-foreign-policy-and-how-it-changed-the-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}