{"product_id":"the-abandonment-of-the-west-michael-kimmage-9780465055906","title":"The Abandonment of the West: The History of an Idea in American Foreign Policy","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThroughout the twentieth century, many Americans saw themselves as part of Western civilization, and Western ideals of liberty and self-government guided American diplomacy. But today, other ideas fill this role: on one side, a technocratic \"liberal international order,\" and on the other, the illiberal nationalism of \"America First.\"\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Abandonment of the West\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Michael Kimmage shows how the West became the dominant idea in US foreign policy in the first half of the twentieth century -- and how that consensus has unraveled. We must revive the West, he argues, to counter authoritarian challenges from Russia and China. This is an urgent portrait of modern America's complicated origins, its emergence as a superpower, and the crossroads at which it now stands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Kimmage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465055907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465055906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/14\/2020 pg. 1","brand":"Michael Kimmage","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43987318079743,"sku":"9780465055906","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_422d18ae-3f59-4329-9d94-fc8417ab9634.jpg?v=1683288268","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-abandonment-of-the-west-michael-kimmage-9780465055906","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}