Title America's mission : the United States and the worldwide struggle for democracy in the twentieth century / Tony Smith

Edition Expanded edition Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 505 pages) Series Princeton studies in international history and politics Princeton studies in international history and politics. Contents The United States and the global struggle for democracy -- Part I: Liberal democratic internationalism and American foreign policy, 1898-1921. Democracy in the Philippines ; Wilson and democracy in Latin America ; Wilson and a world safe for democracy -- Part II: Liberal democratic internationalism, 1933-1947. FDR and world order : globalizing the Monroe Doctrine ; Democratizing Japan and Germany -- Part III: Liberal democratic internationalism and the Cold War, 1947-1977. Eisenhower and his legacy, 1953-1977 ; Kennedy's Alliance for Progress, 1961-1965 -- Part IV: Liberal democratic internationalism and the Cold War, 1977-1989. Carter's human rights campaign ; Reagan's democratic revolution -- Part V: Liberal internationalism after the Cold War. 1989-2012. After the Cold War : Wilsonianism resurgent? ; From "fortunate vagueness" to "democratic globalism," 1989-2008 ; Liberal internationalism from George W. Bush to Barack Obama -- Epilogue: The irony of American liberal internationalism -- Appendix: Notes on the study of the international origins of democracy Summary America's Mission argues that the global strength and prestige of democracy today are due in large part to America's impact on international affairs. Tony Smith documents the extraordinary history of how American foreign policy has been used to try to promote democracy worldwide, an effort that enjoyed its greatest triumphs in the occupations of Japan and Germany but suffered huge setbacks in Latin America, Vietnam, and elsewhere. With new chapters and a new introduction and epilogue, this expanded edition also traces U.S. attempts to spread democracy more recently Notes "A Century Foundation book." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-494) and index Notes Print version record Subject World politics -- 20th century. Democracy -- History -- 20th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy. Democracy Diplomatic relations World politics SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140089 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781400842025 1400842026 0691154929 9780691154923

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