1st Edition
The Imperial Republic The United States and the World 1945-1973
By Raymond Aron
Copyright 2009
384 Pages
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Routledge
384 Pages
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Routledge
397 Pages
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Routledge
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The 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... Read more
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
Biography
Irving Horowitz
