America and the World, 1898-2025: Achievements, Failures, Alternative Futures
This book surveys US achievements and failures in the world across the 20th century. The analysis builds upon surveys of experts at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and several universities conducted over the last 25 years. The reasons for success and failure are subject to hot dispute. Walter Clemens argues that the individual traits of US leaders account for far more variation in outcomes than the domestic or international contexts. He concludes that the policy outcomes of the past century confirm the assumptions of mutual gain theory, complexity theory, and liberal peace theory. Clemens then uses his analysis to sketch alternative futures that could face planners in the early 21st century.
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America and the World, 1898-2025: Achievements, Failures, Alternative Futures
This book surveys US achievements and failures in the world across the 20th century. The analysis builds upon surveys of experts at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and several universities conducted over the last 25 years. The reasons for success and failure are subject to hot dispute. Walter Clemens argues that the individual traits of US leaders account for far more variation in outcomes than the domestic or international contexts. He concludes that the policy outcomes of the past century confirm the assumptions of mutual gain theory, complexity theory, and liberal peace theory. Clemens then uses his analysis to sketch alternative futures that could face planners in the early 21st century.
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This book surveys US achievements and failures in the world across the 20th century. The analysis builds upon surveys of experts at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and several universities conducted over the last 25 years. The reasons for success and failure are subject to hot dispute. Walter Clemens argues that the individual traits of US leaders account for far more variation in outcomes than the domestic or international contexts. He concludes that the policy outcomes of the past century confirm the assumptions of mutual gain theory, complexity theory, and liberal peace theory. Clemens then uses his analysis to sketch alternative futures that could face planners in the early 21st century.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780312228781
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 01/01/2000
Edition description: 1st ed. 2090
Pages: 255
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

Walter Clemens is Professor of Political Science at Boston University and Associate of the Harvard University Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is author of Baltic Independence and Russian Empire and ten other books.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I: The 20th Century
• Achievements
• Failures
• Sources of Success and Failure
Part II: The 21st Century
• Alternative Futures: Unipolar Stability; Fragmented Chaos; The Hegemony Challenged; Bipolar Cooperation; Multilateral Cooperation; Global Governance without World Government
• Lessons from the Past, Guidelines for the Future

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