The Abandonment of the West: The History of an Idea in American Foreign Policy

by Michael Kimmage

Book Overview

This definitive portrait of American diplomacy reveals how the concept of the West drove twentieth-century foreign policy, how it fell from favor, and why it is worth saving.
Throughout the twentieth century, many Americans saw themselves as part of Western civilization, and Western ideals of liberty and self-government guided American diplomacy. But today, other ideas fill this role: on one side, a technocratic "liberal international...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465055907
• ISBN13: 9780465055906
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.5"