William O. Walker Iii

National Security and Core Values in American History (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

There is no book quite like National Security and Core Values in American History. Drawing upon themes from the whole of the nation's past, William O. Walker III presents a new interpretation of the history of American exceptionalism, that is, of the basic values and liberties that have given the United States its very identity. He argues that a political economy of expansion and the quest for security led American leaders after 1890 to equate prosperity and safety with global engagement. In so doing, they developed and clung to what Walker calls the 'security ethos.' Expressed in successive grand strategies - Wilsonian internationalism, global containment, and strategic globalism - the security ethos ultimately damaged the values citizens cherish most and impaired popular participation in public affairs. Most important, it led to the abuse of executive authority after September 11, 2001, by the administration of President George W. Bush.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511530777
• Artikelnr.: 38206498

Autorenporträt

William O. Walker III has taught at California State University, Sacramento; Ohio Wesleyan University; Florida International University; and the University of Toronto. He is the author of Drug Control in the Americas (1981, revised edition 1989) and Opium and Foreign Policy: The Anglo-American Search for Order in Asia, 1912-1954 (1991). He has also edited or co-edited several books, including Drugs in the Western Hemisphere: An Odyssey of Cultures in Conflict (1996), and his articles have appeared in Pacific Historical Review, the Journal of American History, Diplomatic History, and NACLA Report on the Americas.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Origins of the Security Ethos, 1688-1919: 1. Commerce, expansion, and republican virtue
2. The first national security state
Part II. Internationalism and Containment, 1919-1973: 3. The postwar era and American values
4. The construction of global containment
5. Civic virtue in Richard Nixon's America
Part III. The Age of Strategic Globalism, 1973-2001: 6. Core values and strategic globalism through 1988
7. The false promise of a new world order
8. Globalization and militarism
Part IV. The Bush Doctrine: 9. The war on terror and core values
Conclusion: The security ethos and civic virtue.