Description
Book SynopsisThe Imperial Republic based as it is on Raymond Aron''s realist philosophy, is involved only indirectly or by implication in the disputes about moralism, revisionism, and even imperialism. Its main aim is to account for the diplomacy of the United States as it was in a special time period. Like all diplomacy, it can be explained only within the system of inter-state relations to which the protagonist belongs.
United States diplomacy during the twenty- eight year period of 1945-73 is examined from strategic, political, and moral stand points were in diplomats openly declared their aim, and did they achieve it? Does the result justify accusations either of incompetence or of imperialism? Does not the reaction within the United States to a policy which had been a striking success now induce second thoughts about both the policy and its results? The imperial republic is trying to throw off its burden; once a missionary, it has lost the sense of mission; it is still capita
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Transaction Edition, by Irving Louis Horowitz Preface to the American Edition Introduction Prologue: The Insular Continent PART I: The United States in the Inter-State System: The Success and Failure of Paramountcy Introduction Chapter I:Assigning the Guilt: The Origins of the Cold War Chapter II: The Two Crusades Chapter III: Ascent and Descent Chapter IV: Disciples of Metternich Conclusion: Success or Failure? PART II: The United States in the World Market: The Privileges and Constraints of a Dominant Economy Introduction Chapter I: Freedom of Persons or Freedom of Trade: The Economic Foundations of American Diplomacy Chapter II: The Two Marshall Plans: The Round Trip of the Dollars Chapter III: Aid or Counterrevolution: The United States and the Third World Chapter IV: The Changing Forms of Imperialism Conclusion: The End of Economic Sovereignties Postscript: Between Imperial Diplomacy and Isolationism Index
