{"product_id":"democracy-and-imperialism-william-s-smith-9780472131532","title":"Democracy and Imperialism: Irving Babbitt and Warlike Democracies","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing costly U.S. engagement in two wars in the Middle East, questions about the appropriateness of American military interventions dominate foreign policy debates. Is an interventionist foreign policy compatible with the American constitutional tradition? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book examines critic Irving Babbitt's (1865-1933) unique contribution to understanding the quality of foreign policy leadership in a democracy. Babbitt explored how a democratic nation's foreign policy is a product of the moral and cultural tendencies of the nation's leaders, arguing that the substitution of expansive, sentimental Romanticism for the religious and ethical traditions of the West would lead to imperialism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The United States' move away from the restraint and order of sound constitutionalism to involve itself in the affairs of other nations will inevitably cause a clash with the \"civilizational\" regions that have emerged in recent decades. \u003ci\u003eDemocracy and Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e uses the question of soul types to address issues of foreign policy leadership, and discusses the leadership qualities that are necessary for sound foreign policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William S. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472131532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472131532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"William S. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056189862143,"sku":"9780472131532","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_33cc21c2-959f-4134-bbff-130e57918130.jpg?v=1685039985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democracy-and-imperialism-william-s-smith-9780472131532","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}