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America and the World, 1898-2025

Achievements, Failures, Alternative Futures

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  • © 2000

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  1. Walter C. Clemens
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Framework: Aims, Methods, Theories

    1. Framework: Aims, Methods, Theories

      • Walter C. Clemens Jr.
      Pages 1-21

  3. The Twentieth Century

    1. Achievements of United States Foreign Policy, 1898–2000

      • Walter C. Clemens Jr.
      Pages 23-60

    2. Failures of United States Foreign Policy, 1898–2000

      • Walter C. Clemens Jr.
      Pages 61-114

    3. Sources of Success and Failure

      • Walter C. Clemens Jr.
      Pages 115-152

  4. The Twenty-First Century

    1. Power, Fitness, and Influence at the Cusp

      • Walter C. Clemens Jr.
      Pages 153-204

    2. Alternative Futures, a.d. 2000 to 2025

      • Walter C. Clemens Jr.
      Pages 205-222

    3. Lessons from the Past, Guidelines for the Future

      • Walter C. Clemens Jr.
      Pages 223-241

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 243-255
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This book surveys US achievements and failures in the world across the 20th century. The analysis builds upon surveys of experts at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and several universities conducted over the last 25 years. The reasons for success and failure are subject to hot dispute. Walter Clemens argues that the individual traits of US leaders account for far more variation in outcomes than the domestic or international contexts. He concludes that the policy outcomes of the past century confirm the assumptions of mutual gain theory, complexity theory, and liberal peace theory. Clemens then uses his analysis to sketch alternative futures that could face planners in the early 21st century.

About the author

Walter Clemens is Professor of Political Science at Boston University and Associate of the Harvard University Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is author of Baltic Independence and Russian Empire and ten other books.

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