The Ambiguous Legacy: US Foreign Relations in the 'American Century'

Abstract

The authors Acknowledgements Introduction Michael J. Hogan 'The American century' Henry R. Luce 1. Making the world safe for democracy Tony Smith 2. 'Empire by invitation' in the American century Geir Lundestad 3. America and the twentieth century: continuity and change Robert Jervis 4. The idea of the national interest H. W. Brands 5. The tension between democracy and capitalism during the American century Walter LaFeber 6. The American century: from Sarajevo to Sarajevo Joan Hoff 7. East Asia in Henry Luce's 'American century' Michael H. Hunt 8. The American century and the third world Bruce Cumings 9. Race from power: US foreign policy and the general crisis of 'white supremacy' Gerald Horne 10. Immigrants and frontiersmen: two traditions in American foreign policy Godfrey Hodgson 11. Partisan politics and foreign policy in the American century Michael J. Hogan 12. Philanthropy and diplomacy in the American century Volker R. Berghahn 13. A century of NGOs Akira Iriye 14. Consuming women: images of Americanization in the 'American century' Emily S. Rosenberg 15. The empire of the fun, or talkin' Soviet Union blues: the sound of freedom and US cultural hegemony in Europe Reinhold Wagnleitner 16. American empire and cultural imperialism: a view from the receiving end Rob Kroes Index.