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Theoretical roots of US foreign policy; Machiavelli and American unilateralism.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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Theoretical roots of US foreign policy; Machiavelli and American unilateralism.

Kane, Thomas M.

Routledge

2006

189 pages

$35.00

Hardcover

Contemporary security studies

JZ1480

Kane (strategic studies, U. of Hull, UK) analyzes the unilateralist foreign policy of the United States in light of the theory set forth by Niccolo Machiavelli in his Discourses on Livy. He argues that Machiavelli's concerns about the role of a republic in the world are directly comparable to the challenges perceived by American policy makers as they ...

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