Liberal Leviathan: The Origins, Crisis, and Transformation of the American World Order
- ISBN-10
- 0691156174
- ISBN-13
- 9780691156170
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 392
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-08-26
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Author
- G. John Ikenberry
Description
In the second half of the twentieth century, the United States engaged in the most ambitious and far-reaching liberal order building the world had yet seen. This liberal international order has been one of the most successful in providing security and prosperity to more people, but in the last decade the American-led order has been troubled. Some argue that the Bush administration undermined it. Others argue that we are witnessing he end of the American era. In Liberal Leviathan G. John Ikenberry argues that the crisis that besets the American-led order is a crisis of authority. The forces that have triggered this crisis have resulted from the successful functioning and expansion of the postwar liberal order, not its breakdown.
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