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Moral dimensions of American foreign policy

Kenneth W. Thompson, editor ; with a new introduction by Robert J. Myers

Transaction Publishers, c1994

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Originally published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Books, 1984, in series: Ethics in foreign policy series

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Addressing recurrent themes and unresolved problems In foreign policy, this volume makes Important distinctions between realism and Idealism, prudential behavior and practical morality, and power and force. Contribu-tors elaborate on conflicting views of international cooperation and devel-opment, national interest and interdependence, and differing concepts of political morality. Initially published by Transaction in 1984, the volume addresses issues of enduring significance in a post-Cold War environment and comes at a significant time in world history, when policymakers are compelled to reconsider the basis of conflict and consensus In terms other than pro-Western or pro-Communist values. It has proven to be an essential resource for political scientists and theorists, policymakers, ethics scholars, and historians.

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