Is United States Foreign Policy "Imperialist" or "Imperial
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4284675 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jerome Slater (0000-0001-9460-5630, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-87 |
| Publication date | 1976-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3195 • E-ISSN: 1538-165X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2149159 |
| OpenAlex | W2320099701 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
For most of postwar period dominant scholarly consensus on United States role in international politics closely paralleled image that policy makers themselves held: United States was a defensive, status-quo power seeking to contain revolutionary or simply imperialist expansionism of Soviet-led communism. The dominant critique of United States foreign policy operated well within this framework of assumptions; one common argument was that United States had a tendency to overreach itself, to undertake commitments that excessively taxed its military and economic capabilities. The focus was on limits of American power; critics never tired of quoting Sir Denis Brogan on the illusions of American omnipotence
Argument (complex analysis) · Cold war · Communism · Expansionism · Foreign policy · Great power · International relations · Omnipotence · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · State (computer science) · Status quo · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2019 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |