US foreign policy in perspective [ clients, enemies and empire

What is the long-term nature of American foreign policy? This book refutes the claim that it has varied considerably across time and space, arguing that key policies have been remarkably stable not in terms of ends but of means. It is suitable for students and researchers of US foreign policy, secur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sylvan, David , 1953- (Author), Majeski, Stephen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London;New York : Routledge , c2009
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Explaining the continuity of U.S. foreign policy
  • 2. An empire of client states
  • 3. Acquiring client states
  • 4. The routine maintenance of client states
  • 5. Client maintenance by interventions
  • 6. Hostile intervention against enemy states
  • 7. The persistence of client-state imperialism