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A new intellectual history of U.S. foreign policy from the late nineteenth century to the present
Worldmaking is a compelling new take on the history of American diplomacy. Rather than retelling the story of realism versus idealism, David Milne suggests that U.S. foreign policy has also been crucially divided between those who view statecraft as an art and those who believe it can aspire to the certainty of science.
Worldmaking follows a cast of characters who built on one another’s ideas to create the policies we have today. Woodrow Wilson’s Universalism and moralism led Sigmund Freud to diagnose him with a messiah complex. Walter Lippmann was a syndicated columnist who commanded the attention of leaders as diverse as Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and Charles de Gaulle. Paul Wolfowitz was the intellectual architect of the 2003 invasion of Iraq―and an admirer of Wilson’s attempt to “make the world safe for democracy.” Each was engaged in a process of worldmaking, formulating strategies that sought to deploy the nation’s vast military and economic power―or sought to retrench and focus on domestic issues―to shape a world in which the United States would be best positioned to thrive.
Tracing American statecraft from the age of steam engines to the age of drones, Milne reveals patterns of worldmaking that have remained impervious to the passage of time. The result is a panoramic history of U.S. foreign policy driven by ideas and by the lives and times of their authors.
- Sales Rank: #381503 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-22
- Released on: 2015-09-22
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.21" h x 1.89" w x 6.39" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 624 pages
Review
“David Milne tells the story of the hundred or so years when a sequence of public intellectuals shaped the discourse and practice of U.S. foreign affairs with confidence and �lan―and guided America to its place as the world’s No. 1 power . . . That Mr. Milne succeeds, and brilliantly, is due in no small part to the vivacity and jargon-free clarity of his prose. But he also has a clever, thoughtful thesis that, while developed with great brio, he is careful not to overstate.” ―Richard Aldous, The Wall Street Journal
“[Milne] offers up detailed and often surprisingly moving portraits of nine prominent American foreign policy thinkers, from Alfred Thayer Mahan and George Kennan to Henry Kissinger and, finally, Barack Obama. Each portrait is rich in detail, contextualizing its subject’s understanding of America’s role in the world and offering a glimpse into the debates and dilemmas that have troubled policymakers for a century or more.“ ―Rosa Brooks, The Washington Post
“An account of American foreign policy at once dense with information yet written with such elegant �lan that the theory and practice of statecraft becomes compellingly readable. Milne brings to life nine leading figures in the development of American thinking about the nation’s role in the world, weaving formative moments in their biographies with the policies they advocated.” ―David Luhrssen, Shepherd Express
“Remarkable . . . David Milne scrutinizes the work of nine Americans who, beginning in the late 19th century, shaped their country’s relationship with the rest of the world . . . His portraits are detailed, clearly the product of enormous amounts of research, and the result is a mini-encyclopedia about the philosophical foundations of America’s foreign policy . . . A valuable addition to the literature of diplomacy.” ―Philip Seib, Dallas Morning News
“[Worldmaking?‘s] careful historical accounts are rich in insight and provide extraordinary contextual breadth." ―Cameron Munter, Foreign Affairs
“Insightful.” ―Michael Ignatieff, The New York Review of Books
“The overall arc of [Worldmaking] is fascinating, showing how the play of ideas and politics has worked out over more than a century, with some of the most critical episodes in modern history as main episodes in the plot . . . A well-documented, full-scale overview of some key makers of modern history.” ― Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A panoramic intellectual history of U.S. foreign policy from the nation's emergence as a major maritime power in the late nineteenth century to the present . . . Thanks to the detail and care Milne takes in describing his subjects' backgrounds, the more intriguing narrative that emerges is about the intimate yet fraught relationship between the academy and the levers of power. This is a timely, fascinating work.” ―Brendan Driscoll, Booklist
“This is an outstanding book. As an intellectual history of the drivers in U.S. foreign policy, it is the best one available. But it is also a superb overview of the lives of some of the key creators of America's position in the world.” ―Odd Arne Westad, S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations, Harvard University
“A marvelous achievement. David Milne gives us not merely a richly textured and striking collective portrait of some of the most important figures in modern American diplomacy and statecraft; he also explains, as few others have, how the United States rose to its unrivaled position on the world stage--and what it means for international affairs today. An altogether splendid book.” ―Fredrik Logevall, Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University
“Is U.S. foreign policy a science or an art? In this beautifully written, uncommonly wise history, David Milne shows that it can be both. Ideas, as much as material forces or strategic necessity, shape America's approach to the world. Milne demonstrates beyond any doubt the importance of the intellectuals who put these ideas into action--for better or worse. A brilliant and important book.” ―Andrew Preston, author of Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy
“Well-documented, insightful, and easy to understand, this analysis is a must-read for anyone interested in this topic.” ―Daniel Blewett, Library Journal (starred review)
About the Author
David Milne is a senior lecturer in modern history at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of America’s Rasputin: Walt Rostow and the Vietnam War and a senior editor of the two-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History. Milne has held visiting fellowships at Yale University, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and the American Philosophical Society. His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and The Nation in addition to academic journals.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
One of the finest books on foreign policy I have ever read.
By David Becker
Mine's book uses deep analysis of the thinking of representative American foreign policymakers and public from the 1890s (Alfred Thayer Mahan) to the present (Barack Obama) to unravel the tangled threads of ideas and concepts that animated US responses to international crises from the war with Spain to the advent of ISIS. He points how their successes and failures have created analogies to later situations that policymakers used to help frame their recommendations--sometimes successfully, often not so much. From all this Milne concludes that Obama's "pragmatic realism" and it's attendant rejection of grand strategy is the best approach for securing American national interests and moral values in today's uncertain world, not least because it lacks the power and capacity to create a new world order in its own image.
Neocons and believers in American exceptionalism will dislike this book intensely. But they will not find it easy, if they remain true to the historical record rather than twist it to ideological purposes, to refute its arguments. An outstanding book and a must-read for students and practitioners of foreign policymaking.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
The good, the bad, and the ugly of U.S. foreign policy
By Eric C. Petersen
Studiously researched, well written, and most informative covering the "big thinkers" on U.S. foreign policy for the last century-plus. A common theme is how much Washington has been invested in the past, obscuring a reasoned view of the future. One example might be the start of the Bush II administration when the Defense Policy Guideline was being drawn up: After the downfall of the USSR in 1991, the Clinton era saw restrained military budgets - the peace dividend, and, in Clinton's last year, a budget surplus. With the insertion of the Vulcans and neocons at the start of the Bush administration, a new threat matrix had to be invented to justify goosing up the military budget. Sundry were cooked up - missile defense against a renaissant Russia, the WMD threat from Saddam, etc. In an April 2001 meeting, Richard Clarke, the national coordinator for security infrastructure protection and national security, greatly irritated Wolfowitz for suggesting al-Qaida be put a the top of the threat list: In 1993 Ramzi Yousef had detonated a truck bomb in the basement of the World Trade Center hoping to topple one tower into the other, killing a quarter of a million. Subsequent embassy attacks in Africa and then the USS Cole clearly showed the terrorist group had the USA in its sights. To quote from the book: "Clarke replied that al-Qaeda plans major acts of terrorism against the U.S.," Clarke warned. "It plans to overthrow Islamic governments and set up a radical multinational Caliphate, and then go to war with non-Muslim states...They have published all of this and sometimes, as with Hitler in Mein Kampf, you have to believe that these people will actually do what they say they will do." Wolfowitz replied testily, "I resent any comparison between the Holocaust and this little terrorist in Afghanistan." Then again, LBJ didn't see any problems in defeating North Vietnam, a "pissant little country."
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Understand the Threads of American Foreign Policy
By Jon Mertz
David Milne has written a book for the ages, one which will be studied to understand the linkages in foreign policy and the impact individuals have through different presidents. Worldmaking will become a key part of political science college courses, I believe. The foreign policy threads that weave through time are essential to understand.
There are a number of elements that I really like about Worldmaking. The first is how non-elected individuals have a sustaining influence on our foreign policy. Whether adversarial or complimentary in thought, certain philosophies continue to build or recapture attention and pursuit. Elected leaders make the decisions, but there is an underlying foundation of individuals who have influenced policies and actions.
The second is the tug between realists, idealists, and pragmatists The latter may still be developing while leveraging the other two. The stories of thought through our history show the art and science of foreign policy. A fascinating look at the challenges and interwoven nature of how to lead through world power shifts and challenges.
If you seek a solid understanding of American foreign policy, read this book. A greater awareness of the political thought behind decisions pursued will be realized. Like I said, I see this book being used in college classrooms, and it should be. More than this, anyone looking to understand foreign policy debates and considerations should spend the time to read this well-written book. It is time to raise our national awareness on foreign policy, a responsibility of being an educated citizen.
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