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The Imperative of American Leadership
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A Challenge to Neo-Isolationism
By Joshua Muravchik
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000
The Imperative of American Leadership
Dimensions: 9.25'' x 6.24''
273 pages
AEI Press  (Washington)
Publication Date: March 1996
Hardcover
ISBN: 0-8447-3958-8
Price: $ 24.95
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This book is a neoconservative argument for a U.S. foreign policy that is engaged, proactive, interventionist, and expensive. Muravchik posits that there is no authority higher than America,and pushes for America to accept the role of world leader rather than wallow in "peacetime aloofness," unwilling to give up security for the reins of power.

Joshua Muravchik is a resident scholar at AEI.



Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • The Return of Isolationism
  • The New Great Debate--Washington versus Wilson
  • Can We Afford to Lead?
  • Can Other "Powers" Share the Burdens?
  • Can We Turn the World over to the United Nations?
  • "The Hour of Europe," 1987-1992
  • Aggression and Indifference, 1992-1995
  • The Lessons of Bosnia
  • Remaining the Sole Superpower
  • When to Use Force?
  • Fostering Democracy Free Trade
  • Conclusion

    Appendix: Chronological Highlights of the Wars of Yugoslavia's Dissolution



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