Taming Amer Power Pa

by Walt,Stephen M.

• ISBN13: 9780393329193
• ISBN10: 0393329194
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-17
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Summary

Finalist for the 2006 Gelber Prize: "A brilliant contribution to the American foreign policy debate."--Anatol Lieven, New York Times Book Review At a time when America's dominance abroad was being tested like never before, Taming American Power provided for the first time a "rigorous critique of current U.S. strategy" (Washington Post Book World) from the vantage point of its fiercest opponents. Stephen M. Walt examines America's place as the world's singular superpower and the strategies that rival states have devised to counter it. Hailed as a "landmark book" by Foreign Affairs, Taming American Power makes the case that this ever-increasing tide of opposition not only could threaten America's ability to achieve its foreign policy goals today but also may undermine its dominant position in years to come.

Author Biography

Stephen M. Walt is the academic dean and the Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 11
Introduction: The Problem of American Power	p. 13
The Foreign Policy of American Primacy	p. 29
The Roots of Resentment	p. 62
Strategies of Opposition	p. 109
Strategies of Accommodation	p. 180
Foreign Policy in the National Interest	p. 218
Notes	p. 249
Acknowledgments	p. 305
Index	p. 309
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