A Faustian Foreign Policy from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush: Dreams of Perfectibility [Paperback]

This book critiques U.S. foreign policy since 1920 by showing how moralistic diplomacy has increasingly assumed Faustian overtones.Americas modus operandi of independent internationalism has driven the countrys relationships with the rest of the world. Professor Joan Hoffs work critiques U.S. foreign policy from Woodrow Wilson through George W. Bush by showing how moralistic diplomacy has increasingly assumed Faustian overtones, especially during the Cold War and following September 11.Americas modus operandi of independent internationalism has driven the countrys relationships with the rest of the world. Professor Joan Hoffs work critiques U.S. foreign policy from Woodrow Wilson through George W. Bush by showing how moralistic diplomacy has increasingly assumed Faustian overtones, especially during the Cold War and following September 11.Professor Joan Hoffs A Faustian Foreign Policy: Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush critiques U.S. foreign policy during this period by showing how moralistic diplomacy has increasingly taken on Faustian overtones. As long as the ideological outcome of the Cold War remained in doubt, there was little reason for presidents or government decision makers to question the unethical aspects of U.S. relations with the rest of the world or the universal and exceptional nature of American values. September 11 allowed the United States to assert its exceptionalism and dominance more unilaterally than ever before.Introduction: foundations of U.S. Faustian foreign policy; 1. America forms and refines its diplomacy; 2. The impact of World War I on U.S. diplomacy; 3. Faustian aspects of prosperity, depression, and war; 4. Faustian aspects of U.S. Cold War foreign policy; 5. Cold War transformation of the American presidency; 6. The United States adrift in the post-Cold War world; 7. Flaunting U.S. Faustian foreign policy; Epilogue: the legacy of George W. Bush. Joan Hoff is universally recognized as among our most distinguished and perceptils%