A World Safe for Commerce: American Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Rise of China

by Dale C. Copeland

An Economist Biggest Book of the Year

How commerce determines whether America preserves the peace or goes to war

When the Cold War ended, many believed that expanding trade would usher in an era of peace. Yet today the United States finds itself confronting not just Russia in Europe but China in the Indo-Pacific, Africa, and Latin America. Shedding new light on how trade both reduces and increases the risks of international...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691172552
• ISBN13: 9780691172552
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"