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Mahbubani, Kishore. Beyond the Age of Innocence: Rebuilding Trust between America and the World. Hong Kong: Perseus Book Group, 2005.
This thought-provoking work provides an excellent window into how other countries view the United States. While stressing the many ways that the United States has benefited the world and probably always will, Mahbubani is primarily concerned with explaining to Americans why the U.S. image is rapidly deteriorating. He contends that after the Cold War, America made a serious mistake by ignoring the plight of poor countries and by seeming to be indifferent to the consequences of its decisions. Concerned about the severe consequences to America and to the rest of the world if the current gap between the United States and the global community is not narrowed, he suggests ways that America can change its ways while there is still time.
Mandelbaum, Michael. The Case for Goliath: How America Acts As the World's Government in the Twenty-First Century. New York: Public Affairs, 2005
Mandlebaum argues that the United States, rather than leading an “empire,” has become an essentially benign “Goliath” that is “the functional equivalent of the world’s government.” He describes the many benefits the international community receives from U.S. leadership, particularly its role of providing the security and economic frameworks within which peace, democracy and free markets have a chance to flourish for the benefit of all. Stressing that there is currently no alternative leader or collectivity capable of replacing it, he concludes: “About other countries’ approach to the role of America’s role as the world’s government,..three things can be safely predicted. They will not pay for it; they will criticize it; and they will miss it when it is gone.”
Mann, James. About Face: A History of America’s Curious Relationship with China, From Nixon to Clinton. . New York: Alfred Knopf, 1999.
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McCormick, Blaine. Ben Franklin: America’s Original Entrepreneur. Irvine, CA: Entrepreneur Press, 2005.
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Mead, Walter Russell. Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World. New York,: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2001.
In this impressive history, Mead offers a challenging thesis for how the United States managed to enjoy more than two centuries of extraordinary success in foreign affairs and become the richest and most powerful country in the world. He argues that, at its best, America’s foreign policy effectively balances four competing impulses: a "Hamiltonian" concern with commercial strength; a "Wilsonian" desire to disseminate U.S. values; a "Jeffersonian" focus on nurturing democracy at home; and a “Jacksonian” commitment to populist values and military strength. Mead calls for the U.S. to recognize these various roots of its past accomplishments and use this knowledge to fashion policies of “strategic elegance” to address current problems.
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