Liberal Order and Imperial Ambition: Essays on American Power and International OrderISBN: 978-0-7456-3650-4
Paperback
312 pages
June 2006, Polity
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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Francis Fukuyama
"The essays, taken one by one, constitute a fascinating journey
carrying the reader step by step through a scientific analysis of
the origin, nature and evolution of American power."
International Spectator
“Ikenberry’s arguments are the product of deep
reflection and built through a structure that produces a clarity
and crispness often lacking in such literature ... these essays
will stand out as a fine articulation of this particular
interpretation of US policy and one that is likely to have
considerable influence in the coming years.”
International Affairs
“While he ranges over a number of topics, Ikenberry
produces a powerful critique of the view that the post-war order
rested solely on material power. [His] assessment rests on
intellectual foundations that are marked by historical depth and
philosophical acuity.”
Political Studies Review
“G. John Ikenberry is America's poet laureate of liberal
internationalism and the most gifted international relations
scholar of his generation.”
Martin Walker, Editor, United Press International; World
Policy Institute at New York’s New School
University
“This is a splendid collections of essays, remarkable for
the sure-footed way they have mapped both the normative and
explanatory challenges at the heart of the troubled American
engagement with the world.”
Michael W. Doyle, Columbia University
“No other writer on international politics has done more
to advance our understanding of American power under conditions of
unipolarity than John Ikenberry. Never dull and always challenging,
he has carved out an intellectual niche that has become uniquely
his own over the past few years. With a clarity that is
commendable, and an intelligence that is obvious, he makes the case
in these essays for something that has been too readily forgotten
in our insecure age of terror: that for the United States,
cooperation with others is not merely the nice thing to do but the
smart thing to do as well. A tour de force by one American we
simply cannot afford to ignore.”
Michael Cox, London School of Economics