{"product_id":"the-american-way-of-strategy-us-foreign-policy-and-the-american-way-of-life-9780195341416","title":"The American Way of Strategy: U.S. Foreign Policy and the American Way of Life","description":"In \u003cem\u003eThe American Way of Strategy\u003c\/em\u003e, Lind argues that the goal of U.S. foreign policy has always been the preservation of the American way of life--embodied in civilian government, checks and balances, a commercial economy, and individual freedom. Lind describes how successive American\u003cbr\u003estatesmen--from George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton to Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan--have pursued an American way of strategy that minimizes the dangers of empire and anarchy by two means: liberal internationalism and realism. At its best, the\u003cbr\u003eAmerican way of strategy is a well-thought-out and practical guide designed to preserve a peaceful and demilitarized world by preventing an international system dominated by imperial and militarist states and its disruption by anarchy. When American leaders have followed this path, they have led our\u003cbr\u003enation from success to success, and when they have deviated from it, the results have been disastrous. Framed in an engaging historical narrative, the book makes an important contribution to contemporary debates. \u003cem\u003eThe American Way of Strategy\u003c\/em\u003e is certain to change the way that Americans understand\u003cbr\u003eU.S. foreign policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Lind\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195341416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Lind\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Whitehead Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation. Lind has been Assistant to the Director of the U.S. State Department's Center for the Study of Foreign Affairs and executive editor of \u003cem\u003eThe National Interest\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author most recently of \u003cem\u003eWhat Lincoln Believed: The Values\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eand Convictions of America's Greatest President\u003c\/em\u003e (2005). Lind has written several books of nonfiction, fiction and poetry, including \u003cem\u003eThe Radical Center: The Future of American Politics\u003c\/em\u003e (with Ted Halstead, 2001) and \u003cem\u003eThe Next American Nation\u003c\/em\u003e (1995). He has been an editor or staff writer at \u003cem\u003eThe New\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eYorker, Harper's Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, and writes frequently for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Financial Times.\u003c\/em\u003e He lives in Washington, D.C.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40364677333107,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_262cf7f5-985c-45fd-99f6-7911929baf48.jpg?v=1660664739","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-american-way-of-strategy-us-foreign-policy-and-the-american-way-of-life-9780195341416","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}