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The American Way of Foreign Policy: Ideology, Economics, Democracy

The American Way of Foreign Policy: Ideology, Economics, Democracy

Mandelbaum, Michael

Hardcover

General Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 0197840930
ISBN13: 9780197840931
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Apr 15 2026
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.72 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
What is distinctively American about American foreign policy? An eminent foreign relations scholar explores this question and its implications.

What is distinctively American about American foreign policy? The American Way of Foreign Policy answers that question by identifying three features of the nation's relations with other countries and tracing their impact from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first.

First, from its beginnings the United States has conducted an unusually ideological foreign policy in comparison with the foreign policies of other countries. It has tried, in different ways over the years, to promote the political ideas - individual rights, political democracy, and international peace - that have played a dominant role in America's domestic politics.

Second, while most countries have used political instruments to win economic benefits - the great empires that European countries conquered and then exploited over the centuries are examples - the United States has reversed this pattern. It has regularly adopted economic policies, particularly sanctions, to pursue its political goals abroad.

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