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The empty throne : America's abdication of global leadership
- Title
- The empty throne : America's abdication of global leadership / Ivo H. Daalder & James M. Lindsay.
- Author
- Daalder, Ivo H.
- Publication
- New York, NY : PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Lindsay, James M., 1959-
- Description
- ix, 237 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- Discusses how the foreign policies of the Trump administration have led to an abdication of any leadership role in the global community, creating doubts among its allies about its commitment to security alliances, free markets, and human rights.
- "American diplomacy is in shambles, but beneath the daily chaos is an erosion of the postwar order that is even more dangerous. America emerged from the catastrophe of World War II convinced that global engagement and leadership were essential to prevent another global conflict and further economic devastation. That choice was not inevitable, but its success proved monumental. It brought decades of great-power peace, underpinned the rise in global prosperity, and defined what it meant to be an American in the eyes of the rest of the world for generations. It was a historic achievement. Now, America has abdicated this vital leadership role. [This book] is an inside portrait of the greatest lurch in US foreign policy since the decision to retreat back into Fortress America after World War I. The whipsawing of US policy has upended all that America's postwar leadership created--strong security alliances, free and open markets, an unquestioned commitment to democracy and human rights. The American president brings his most impulsive, theatrical, ill-informed, backward-looking, bullying, and reckless qualities to the negotiating table--when he shows up at all. The world has had to absorb the spectacle of an America abandoning the world it made, and the consequences will be with us for years to come."--Dust jacket.
- Subject
- Trump, Donald, 1946-
- Since 2000
- World politics > 21st century
- Diplomatic relations
- World politics
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / World
- United States > Foreign relations > 2017-2021
- United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The Empty Throne -- Present at the Creation -- America First -- A Very Organized Process -- A Fine-Tuned Machine -- Peace through Strength -- America Alone -- Fire and Fury -- Trade Wars Are Good, and Easy to Win -- Winning Again.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-86
- ISBN
- 9781541773851
- 1541773853
- LCCN
- 2018028633
- OCLC
- 1053154385
- Author
- Daalder, Ivo H., author.
- Title
- The empty throne : America's abdication of global leadership / Ivo H. Daalder & James M. Lindsay.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- Since 2000
- Topical Term
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics.
- Added Author
- Lindsay, James M., 1959- author.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-86