{"product_id":"no-higher-law-brian-loveman-9780807872659","title":"No Higher Law: American Foreign Policy and the Western Hemisphere since 1776","description":"Dismantling the myths of United States isolationism and exceptionalism, \u003ci\u003eNo Higher Law\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping history and analysis of American policy toward the Western Hemisphere and Latin America from independence to the present. From the nation's earliest days, argues Brian Loveman, U.S. leaders viewed and treated Latin America as a crucible in which to test foreign policy and from which to expand American global influence. Loveman demonstrates how the main doctrines and policies adopted for the Western Hemisphere were exported, with modifications, to other world regions as the United States pursued its self-defined global mission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Higher Law\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the interplay of domestic politics and international circumstances that shaped key American foreign policies from U.S. independence to the first decade of the twenty-first century. This revisionist view considers the impact of slavery, racism, ethnic cleansing against Native Americans, debates on immigration, trade and tariffs, the historical growth of the military-industrial complex, and political corruption as critical dimensions of American politics and foreign policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConcluding with an epilogue on the Obama administration, Loveman weaves together the complex history of U.S. domestic politics and foreign policy to achieve a broader historical understanding of American expansionism, militarism, imperialism, and global ambitions as well as novel insights into the challenges facing American policymakers at the beginning of the twenty-first century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Loveman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807872652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807872659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.30d","brand":"Brian Loveman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926315991295,"sku":"9780807872659","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b84f0919-b708-4cac-ac20-60990bd228b8.jpg?v=1681082390","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/no-higher-law-brian-loveman-9780807872659","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}