The Picky Eagle – How Democracy and Xenophobia Limited U.S. Territorial Expansion
Autor Richard W. Maassen Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 mai 2020
By presenting twenty-three case studies, Maass examines the decision-making of U.S. leaders facing opportunities to pursue annexation between 1775 and 1898. U.S. presidents, secretaries, and congressmen consistently worried about how absorbing new territories would affect their domestic political influence and their goals for their country. These leaders were particularly sensitive to annexation's domestic costs where xenophobia interacted with their commitment to democracy: rather than grant political representation to a large alien population or subject it to a long-term imperial regime, they regularly avoided both of these perceived bad options by rejecting annexation. As a result, U.S. leaders often declined even profitable opportunities for territorial expansion, and they renounced the practice entirely once no desirable targets remained.
In addition to offering an updated history of the foundations of U.S. territorial expansion, The Picky Eagle adds important nuance to previous theories of great-power expansion, with implications for our understanding of U.S. foreign policy and international relations.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781501748752
ISBN-10: 1501748750
Pagini: 312
Dimensiuni: 166 x 243 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: MB – Cornell University Press
ISBN-10: 1501748750
Pagini: 312
Dimensiuni: 166 x 243 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: MB – Cornell University Press
Descriere
"This book explains why the United States stopped annexing territory by focusing on annexation's domestic political and normative consequences"--