G. John Ikenberry, Author, Thomas J. Knock, Author, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Author, Tony Smith, Author . Princeton Univ. $24.95 (152p) ISBN 978-0-691-13969-2
Ikenberry (Liberal Order and Imperial Ambition
) frames the central debate that structures this slim collection of four scholarly essays when he asks, if “Bush is the heir of Woodrow Wilson,” if the Iraq War in particular grew out of...
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Tony Smith, Author W. W. Norton & Company $16.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-393-02430-2
In three communist countriesthe Soviet Union, China and Cubaa strong-man ruler (Stalin, Mao, Castro) used a personality cult as the basis for industrializing his country through state planning and mobilization of the rural masses. Tufts professor...
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Tony Smith. Princeton Univ, $35 (360p) ISBN 978-0-691-17167-8
Political science professor Smith makes a valiant effort to assert that Woodrow Wilson’s view of how America should relate to the world has relevance today, though the election of Donald Trump may make some of his points moot. He honestly concedes...
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