{"product_id":"liberal-order-and-imperial-ambition-9780745636504","title":"Liberal Order and Imperial Ambition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book of essays by the a leading figure in the new generation of American IR theorists explores the theoretical, historical, and foreign policy implications of American power and postwar order. The first part of the book focuses on the origins and foundational logic of America's post-war order-building project  advancing ideas about liberal hegemony' and constitutional order'. The second part reflects on its evolving character and fate in the aftermath of the Cold War, the rise of unipolarity, and the post-9\/11 threat of global terrorism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this unique study of a superpower, Ikenberry argues that though the American world order is now in upheaval, in the end, the United States still has powerful incentive to sponsor and operate within a liberal rules-based system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In this masterful work covering a decade of scholarship, John Ikenberry explains how American power has not been so much constrained by international institutions as embedded in them. The Bush administration’s attempt to break out of perceived international straightjackets in fact misunderstands the nature of hegemonic power and represents an important break with earlier traditions of US foreign policy.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrancis Fukuyama\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"The essays, taken one by one, constitute a fascinating journey carrying the reader step by step through a scientific analysis of the origin, nature and evolution of American power.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Spectator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Ikenberry’s arguments are the product of deep reflection and built through a structure that produces a clarity and crispness often lacking in such literature ... these essays will stand out as a fine articulation of this particular interpretation of US policy and one that is likely to have considerable influence in the coming years.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“While he ranges over a number of topics, Ikenberry produces a powerful critique of the view that the post-war order rested solely on material power. [His] assessment rests on intellectual foundations that are marked by historical depth and philosophical acuity.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitical Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“G. John Ikenberry is America's poet laureate of liberal internationalism and the most gifted international relations scholar of his generation.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMartin Walker, \u003ci\u003eEditor, United Press International; World Policy Institute at New York’s New School University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This is a splendid collections of essays, remarkable for the sure-footed way they have mapped both the normative and explanatory challenges at the heart of the troubled American engagement with the world.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael W. Doyle, \u003ci\u003eColumbia University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“No other writer on international politics has done more to advance our understanding of American power under conditions of unipolarity than John Ikenberry. Never dull and always challenging, he has carved out an intellectual niche that has become uniquely his own over the past few years. With a clarity that is commendable, and an intelligence that is obvious, he makes the case in these essays for something that has been too readily forgotten in our insecure age of terror: that for the United States, cooperation with others is not merely the nice thing to do but the smart thing to do as well. A tour de force by one American we simply cannot afford to ignore.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Cox, \u003ci\u003eLondon School of Economics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Constitutionalism and Liberal Hegemony\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter One: Rethinking the Origins of American Hegemony\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Socialization and Hegemonic Power\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three: The Nature and Sources of Liberal International Order\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Constitutional Politics in International Relations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Five: American Power and the Empire of Capitalist Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Unipolarity and Multilateralism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Six: The Myth of Post Cold-War Chaos\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Getting Hegemony Right\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: American Grand Strategy in the Age of Terror\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: America's Imperial Ambition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: The End of the Neo-Conservative Moment\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven: Is American Multilateralism in Decline?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404373533015,"sku":"9780745636504","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745636504.jpg?v=1730486260","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/liberal-order-and-imperial-ambition-9780745636504","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}