Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era /

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This book examines the foreign policy decisions of the presidents who presided over the most critical phases of America's rise to world primacy in the twentieth century, and assesses the effectiveness and ethics of their choices. Joseph Nye, who was ranked as one of Foreign Policy magazine'...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nye, Joseph S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Presidents.
Politics and government
Political leadership.
Executive power.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Leadership.
Pouvoir executif > États-Unis.
Presidents > États-Unis.
Executive power > United States.
Political leadership > United States.
Presidents > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book examines the foreign policy decisions of the presidents who presided over the most critical phases of America's rise to world primacy in the twentieth century, and assesses the effectiveness and ethics of their choices. Joseph Nye, who was ranked as one of Foreign Policy magazine's 100 Top Global Thinkers, reveals how some presidents tried with varying success to forge a new international order while others sought to manage America's existing position. Taking readers from Theodore Roosevelt's bid to insert America into the global balance of power to George H.W. Bush's Gulf.
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 pages): illustrations.
ISBN:9781400846405

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