{"product_id":"worldmaking-the-art-and-science-of-american-diplomacy-paperback","title":"Worldmaking: The Art and Science of American Diplomacy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Milne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new intellectual history of U.S. foreign policy from the late nineteenth century to the present\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorldmaking\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling new take on the history of American diplomacy. Rather than retelling the story of realism versus idealism, David Milne suggests that U.S. foreign policy has also been crucially divided between those who view statecraft as an art and those who believe it can aspire to the certainty of science. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eWorldmaking\u003c\/i\u003e follows a cast of characters who built on one another's ideas to create the policies we have today. Woodrow Wilson's Universalism and moralism led Sigmund Freud to diagnose him with a messiah complex. Walter Lippmann was a syndicated columnist who commanded the attention of leaders as diverse as Theodore Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and Charles de Gaulle. Paul Wolfowitz was the intellectual architect of the 2003 invasion of Iraq--and an admirer of Wilson's attempt to \"make the world safe for democracy.\" Each was engaged in a process of worldmaking, formulating strategies that sought to deploy the nation's vast military and economic power--or sought to retrench and focus on domestic issues--to shape a world in which the United States would be best positioned to thrive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tracing American statecraft from the age of steam engines to the age of drones, Milne reveals patterns of worldmaking that have remained impervious to the passage of time. The result is a panoramic history of U.S. foreign policy driven by ideas and by the lives and times of their authors.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Milne\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior lecturer in modern history at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerica's Rasputin: Walt Rostow and the Vietnam War \u003c\/i\u003eand a senior editor of the two-volume \u003ci\u003eOxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History\u003c\/i\u003e. Milne has held visiting fellowships at Yale University, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and the American Philosophical Society. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation \u003c\/i\u003ein addition to academic journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 622\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45336600510566,"sku":"9780374536398","price":53.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/OVVUTVE2aTRpRDMxdzM5NTd3ZFlkQT09.webp?v=1774612165","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/worldmaking-the-art-and-science-of-american-diplomacy-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}