03515cam a2200445 i 4500 119288 119288 BJBSDDR 20230805181432.0 ta 150629s2015 nyu b 001 0deng DLC spa BJBSDDR eng pcc n-us--- 002 E 744 M659w 2015 327.73 23 Milne, David, 1976- Worldmaking : the art and science of American diplomacy / David Milne. First edition. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015. 609 pages ; 23 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-588) and index. The philosopher of sea power : Alfred Thayer Mahan -- Kant's best hope : Woodrow wilson -- Americans first : charles Beard -- The syndicated oracle : Walter Lippmann -- The artist : George Kennan -- The scientist : Paul Nitze -- Metternich Redux : Henry Kissinger --The worldmaker : Paul Wolfowitz -- Barack Obama and the pragmatic renewal. "A new intellectual history of U.S. foreign policy from the late nineteenth century to the present. Worldmaking is a fresh and compelling new take on the history of American diplomacy. Rather than retracing a familiar 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 toward the certainties of science. Worldmaking follows a colorful cast of characters who built on each other's ideas to create the policies we have today. Woodrow Wilson's Universalism and moralism led Sigmund Freud to diagnose a messiah complex. Walter Lippmann was an internationally 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--an ardent 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 indeed its retraction through a domestic reorientation--to 'make' a world in which America is best positioned to thrive. From the age of steam engines to the age of drones, Milne reveals patterns of aspirant 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 the lives and times of their creators".- Provided by publisher. Statesmen United States. Relaciones diplomáticas 4422 Intellectuals United States. Intelectuales Estados Unidos 6993 United States Foreign relations 1897-1901. Estados Unidos Relaciones internacionales 1897-1901 9135 United States Foreign relations 20th century. Estados Unidos Relaciones internacionales siglo XX 9135 United States Foreign relations 21st century. Estados Unidos Relaciones internacionales siglo XXI 4683 United States Foreign relations Philosophy. Cover image http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/560/9780374292560/image/lgcover.9780374292560.jpg lcc BK 0 0 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-05-04 0 002 E 744 M659w 2015 00000169883 2023-05-04 00:00:00 1 2023-05-04 BK