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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Soft Power	Joseph S. Nye	"Joseph Nye coined the term "soft power" in the late 1980s. It is now used frequently - and often incorrectly - by political leaders, editorial writers, and academics around the world. So what is sof…	OL1027508W
Power and Terror	Noam Chomsky	In Power & Terror, the author presents his latest thoughts on terrorism, US foreign policy, and the meaning and true impact of militarism in the world today. He challenges the United States to apply …	OL10403078W
The cycles of American history	Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.	What is the key to the American enigma? We cannot escape history; and in The Cycles of American History, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, shows how our past shapes our …	OL15123190W
High-value target	Edmund J. Hull	Since its inception, al Qaeda has aspired to create a safe haven in Yemen,where it has operated against U.S. and Yemeni interests. From 2001 to 2004, when Edmund J. Hull was the American ambassador t…	OL15980042W
Special responsibilities	Mlada Bukovansky	"The language of special responsibilities is ubiquitous in world politics, with policymakers and commentators alike speaking and acting as though particular states have, or ought to have, unique obli…	OL16558192W
America Empire Of Liberty A New History	David Reynolds	xxv, 674 p., [13] p. of plates : 20 cm	OL17487433W
A just response	Katrina Vanden Heuvel	"Some of the most respected figures on the progressive left, in a series of thoughtful, informed, and provocative essays, began to analyze the causes and consequences of this new American wound, and …	OL17908257W
Hemispheric imaginings	Gretchen Murphy	Summary:In 1823, President James Monroe announced that the Western Hemisphere was closed to any future European colonization and that the United States would protect the Americas as a space destined …	OL17925888W
Presidents, diplomats, and other mortals	J. Garry Clifford,Wilson, Theodore A.	"Examining the role of the United States in the international arena from the 1860s to the present, these essays in honor of Robert H. Ferrell consider presidents from Lincoln to Bush, as well as the …	OL18577382W
Avoiding trivia	Daniel W. Drezner	"Critically assesses the past, future, and potential future role and impact of long-term strategic planning in foreign policy. Key figures from past decades of foreign policy and planning provide aut…	OL18582640W
Armed progressive	Jack C. Lane	xviii, 329 p., [11] p. of plates : 23 cm	OL18645008W
The attack on Pearl Harbor	Tom McGowen	Explores the relationship between the United States and Japan that led to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941, and to the United States' entry into World War II.	OL18959224W
Why America misunderstands the world	Paul R. Pillar	A host of social, economic, and geographical advantages has coarsened America's attitude toward other, less fortunate countries. Being insulated by two immense oceans makes it hard for Americans to a…	OL19663390W
A world in disarray	Richard Haass	"An examination of a world increasingly defined by disorder and a United States unable to shape the world in its image, from the president of the Council on Foreign Relations. Things fall apart; the …	OL19664620W
Through a screen darkly	Martha Bayles	"What does the world admire most about America? Science, technology, higher education, consumer goods--but not, it seems, freedom and democracy. Indeed, these ideals are in global retreat, for reason…	OL19666482W
Roads not taken	Aleksandr Ėtkind	William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967) was the most cosmopolitan U.S. diplomat of his time. Voted most brilliant in his class at Yale, he wrote novels, plays, essays, and coauthored a controversial bi…	OL19728443W
The moralist	Patricia O'Toole	"By the author of acclaimed biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Adams, a penetrating biography of one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents, Woodrow Wilson (…	OL19741321W
Outpost	Christopher R. Hill	"An "inside the room" memoir from one of our most distinguished ambassadors who--in a career of service to the country--was sent to some of the most dangerous outposts of American diplomacy. From the…	OL19988609W
The new grand strategy	Mark G. Mykleby	"Reimagines the American dream and provides a bipartisan plan to recapture the greatness of the past through addressing important economic, social and environmental issues by making sustainability ou…	OL20042313W
American Future	Simon Schama	This book examines the history of American exceptionalism tht means so much to it's people but has led into calamaties as well as triumphs. With the election of a new president in November 2008, the …	OL21016850W