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How America Acts As The World's Government in the Twenty-first Century
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December 2005
283 pages
ISBN: 1586483609
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
One of the nation's leading foreign policy thinkers provides
an eye-opening look at America's new role in the world, the
responsibilities it has undertaken, and the challenges it
faces How does the United States use its enormous
power in the world? In The Case for Goliath, Michael
Mandelbaum offers a surprising answer: The United States
furnishes to other countries the services that governments
provide within the countries they govern. Mandelbaum
explains how this role came about despite the fact that
neither the United States nor any other country sought to
establish it. He describes the contributions that American
power makes to global security and prosperity, the
shortcomings of American foreign policy, and how other
countries have come to accept, resent, and exert influence
on America's global role. And he assesses the prospects for
the continuation of this role, which depends most
importantly on whether the American public is willing to pay
for it. Written with Mandelbaum's characteristic
blend of clarity, wit, and profound understanding of America
and the world, The Case for Goliath offers a fresh
and surprising approach to an issue that obsesses citizens
and policymakers the world over, as well as a major
statement on the foreign policy issues confronting the
American people today.
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