Another American Century? : The United States and the World after 2000

by Nicholas Guyatt

• ISBN13: 9781856497794
• ISBN10: 1856497798
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-01-13
• Publisher: Zed Books

Summary

The book describes the ways in which the US shapes the world in which we live. It shows how America has used its power to fashion international institution--both economic ones like the World Trade Organization or the IMF and political organizations like the UN--in line with its own interests. It addresses the many ways in which American policymakers and commentators describe the role of the US. And it projects the current trends in American foreign policy into the future, and speculates on the effects of further American predominance in the first years of the new century. Behind the celebrations and the speeches marking the millennium, a fundamental question remains to be answered: will continued US domination of the international order make the world a safer place? Given the conflicts and suffering of the past hundred years, the answer is crucial for all of us.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
The US and the Global Economy	1	(56)
The Global Economy since 1945	2	(11)
`Trade, Not Aid': US Versions of `Development'	13	(21)
Washington's Consensus	34	(23)
The US and the `International Community'	57	(57)
Defining the `International Community'	58	(16)
`Saving Every Child': The US and International Peacekeeping	74	(12)
The US and the UN: The End of Multilateralism	86	(28)
The US and Military Power	114	(63)
Strategy	115	(12)
Technology	127	(11)
Conflict	138	(39)
American Missions	177	(56)
Theories	178	(22)
Perspectives	200	(33)
Afterword: `The Next American Century'?	233	(1)
Fin-de-Seattle	233	(9)
Prospects	242	(7)
Index	249