Great Delusion Mearsheimer John J.
A major theoretical statement by a distinguished political scholar explains why a policy of liberal hegemony is doomed to failIt is widely believed in the West that the United States should spread…
Specifikacia Great Delusion Mearsheimer John J.
A major theoretical statement by a distinguished political scholar explains why a policy of liberal hegemony is doomed to failIt is widely believed in the West that the United States should spread liberal democracy across the world, foster an open international economy, and build international institutions. The policy of remaking the world in America's image is supposed to protect human rights, promote peace, and make the world safe for democracy. But this is not what has happened. Instead, the United States has become a highly militarized state fighting wars that undermine peace, harm human rights, and threaten liberal values at home.In this major statement, the renowned international-relations scholar John Mearsheimer argues that liberal hegemony--the foreign policy pursued by the United States since the Cold War ended--is doomed to fail. It makes far