Bibliograph

Follies of power, America's unipolar fantasy, David P. Calleo

Type

Label

Follies of power, America's unipolar fantasy, David P. Calleo

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Follies of power

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

437116133

Responsibility statement

David P. Calleo

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

America's unipolar fantasy

Summary

The imagination of America's political elites is dominated by a unipolar vision, according to which the world is dominated by the United States. But the real world is increasingly plural, and others instinctively fear and resist the American vision. Chapters 2 and 3 of this book look at the disastrous consequences of the vision at work - in the Middle East and in Europe. Chapters 4, 5, and 6 assess the limits of American power. Chapter 7 discusses the problems of order and coexistence in a world that is not unipolar but increasingly plural. It speculates on the possible contributions and likely fate of both 'Old America' and 'New Europe' as models for organizing the future. America's own constitutional equilibrium, David Calleo argues, increasingly requires friendly balancing from Europe. Both sides of the West must liberate their imaginations from past triumphs to face their responsibilities to the new world and to each other.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The unipolar fantasy -- Hubris in the Middle East -- The broken West -- Assessing America's soft and hard power -- Feeding American power : the economic base -- Power and legitimacy among western states -- American and European models

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