Undoing the Liberal World Order
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Undoing the Liberal World Order by Leon Fink
Leon Fink examines key cases of progressive influence on postwar U.S. foreign policy, tracing the tension between liberal aspirations and the political realities that stymie them. A diplomatic history that emphasizes the roles of class, labor, race, and grassroots activism, this book suggests new directions for progressive foreign policy.
Offering a broad analysis of left-liberal approaches to foreign policy in the second half of the twentieth century, this is a gripping book that manages to elicit a vision of postwar liberalism as a global project and to suggest some of the real difficulties that it encountered-- Kimberly Phillips-Fein, author of Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
A bracing and thoroughly convincing account of the attempt by liberals and social democrats to create a world of economic abundance and social welfare during the Cold War and its immediate aftermath. As Leon Fink makes clear, their failure should not obscure the value of their ambitions—or the scope of their limited but real successes. This is a highly original and provocative work of global history that deserves a wide audience. -- Michael Kazin, author of What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party
A rich historical analysis of US-led liberal internationalism and insight into opportunities for future progress. -- Gabriella Cook Francis, Chatham House, UK * International Affairs *
Thought-provoking. * Society for U.S. Intellectual History *
A bracing and thoroughly convincing account of the attempt by liberals and social democrats to create a world of economic abundance and social welfare during the Cold War and its immediate aftermath. As Leon Fink makes clear, their failure should not obscure the value of their ambitions—or the scope of their limited but real successes. This is a highly original and provocative work of global history that deserves a wide audience. -- Michael Kazin, author of What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party
A rich historical analysis of US-led liberal internationalism and insight into opportunities for future progress. -- Gabriella Cook Francis, Chatham House, UK * International Affairs *
Thought-provoking. * Society for U.S. Intellectual History *
Leon Fink is distinguished professor of history emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and senior resident scholar at Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor. He is the editor of the journal Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas, and his many books include, most recently, Labor Justice Across the Americas (2017).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780231202251 |
| ISBN 10 | 0231202253 |
| Title | Undoing the Liberal World Order |
| Author | Leon Fink |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Year published | 2022-01-18 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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