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The Abandonment of the West: The History of an Idea in American Foreign Policy
Maybe someday
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Readers
55/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Michael Kimmage
Publisher:
Basic Books
Date:
April 21, 2020
This definitive portrait of American diplomacy reveals how the concept of the West drove twentieth-century foreign policy, how it fell from favor, and why it is worth saving.
What The Reviewers Say
Mr. Kimmage rightly believes that he has hold of one of the most important concepts of the previous century, the idea of the West, and capably traces its evolution and context. He purports to limit himself to its role in shaping U.S. foreign policy, but in truth he ranges more widely. He writes with keen observation.
... ruminative.
Kimmage’s latest book stands apart because of its historical and philosophical treatment of what Western culture means to contemporary Americans.
