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Summary:

Francis Fukuyama's criticism of the Iraq war put him at odds with neoconservatives both within and outside the Bush administration. Here he explains how, in its decision to invade Iraq, the Bush administration failed in its stewardship of American foreign policy, in making preventive war the central tenet of its foreign policy, in misjudging the global reaction to its exercise of "benevolent hegemony," and in failing to appreciate the difficulties involved in large-scale social engineering. Providing a history of neoconservative thought since the 1930s, Fukuyama argues that the movement's legacy is a complex one that can be interpreted quite differently than it was after the end of the Cold War. He proposes a new approach to American foreign policy, in which the positive aspects of the neoconservative legacy are joined with a more realistic view of how to use American power around the world.--From publisher description.

Table of Contents:

• Principles and prudence
• The neoconservative legacy
• Threat, risk, and preventive war
• American exceptionalism and international legitimacy
• Social engineering and the problem of development
• Rethinking institutions for world order
• A different kind of American foreign policy.

Author/Creator:

Fukuyama, Francis

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

America at the crossroads: democracy, power, and the neoconservative legacy [by Fukuyama, F.]

Related Series:

Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics

Subjects:

United States — Foreign relations — 2001-2009

Conservatism — United States

United States — Military policy

Iraq War, 2003-2011

Hegemony — United States

Democracy

International relations

Iraq War (2003-2011)

2001-2011

Military policy

Diplomatic relations

Hegemony

Conservatism

United States

Iraq

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-216) and index.

Physical Description:

xiv, 226 pages ; 22 cm.

Call Numbers:

JZ1480 .F85 2006

ISBNs:

0300113994 (alk. paper)
9780300113990 (alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2005029370

OCLC Numbers:

62085410