The Liberal Moment

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ISBN: 9780231107570 | 0231107579
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Copyright: 9/1/1997

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How did the U.S. establish its dominant role in international relations in the second half of the twentieth century? What central ideas, policies, and methods shaped the Cold War international order? Latham focuses on World War II and its aftermath, when the U.S. in consort with other nations, attempted to impose an order on the world based on principles of self-determination and liberal democracy.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
"A Certain Overlordship": Learning the International Liberal Context	p. 11
Liberal Modernity	p. 11
The Domain Analytic	p. 18
The Domains of Liberal Modernity	p. 20
International Liberal Order	p. 34
"Stupendous Forces Are Loose"	p. 42
The Liberal Moment	p. 42
War-Making as Liberal Order-Making	p. 48
Agency and Liberal Order	p. 52
Hegemony	p. 57
The External State	p. 65
Interests, Strategic Action, and Liberal Order	p. 70
Security and Militarization	p. 76
Structuring the Argument	p. 79
Neorealism and the Liberal Moment	p. 82
Diplomatic History and International Liberal Order	p. 89
An Enemy is Better than a Friend	p. 96
Constructing a Liberal Order	p. 99
The Soviet Union and the Making of Order	p. 102
The Liberal Uniaxis	p. 107
Making an Order Is Making an Other	p. 113
The Soviet Threat	p. 115
Liberal Order and the Rise of the Cold War	p. 119
Cold War Alternatives	p. 138
Conclusion: The Trope of Failure	p. 140
"The Requirements of Freedom": Containment, Integration, and Western Militarization	p. 142
Economic Security as the Liberal Strategic Weapon of Choice	p. 143
Economic Security and the Emergence of an American-Military Strategic System	p. 148
Containment as an International Liberal Political Form	p. 150
Economic Security, Integration, and the Liberal State	p. 167
Strategy and the Making of the European Recovery Program	p. 171
The Transformation of Containment in Western Europe and the Militarization of U.S.-European Relations	p. 173
The Soviet Threat and the Militarization of the West	p. 179
Integration and Militarization in Western Europe	p. 186
Conclusion	p. 196
Liberal Identities, Liberal Dilemmas	p. 200
Order, Fear, and Complexity	p. 203
A Foreign Policy of the Local	p. 206
Notes	p. 211
Bibliography	p. 243
Index	p. 271
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