Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy by Stephen M. Walt ISBN 9780393329193, 0393329194 instant download

Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy by Stephen M. Walt ISBN 9780393329193, 0393329194 instant download

This book begins with a survey of the key constituent elements of American power and the international community's response to them. Although American power has often served noble goals, it has also harmed relatively benign countries due to the unintended negative consequences of American action. In addition, American political values, based on universal claims of liberty and human rights, threaten alternative social orders in countries such as Russia, Iran, and China. US pledges to spread democracy and human rights will be resisted by authoritarian polities, so that American action can play a significant role in shaping hostility to American power. The book then establishes a theoretical framework to interpret both oppositional and accommodating responses to US power. The book concludes with a call for the US to resume the role of an offshore balancer by using its military power sparingly and by renouncing the policy of preventive war.