Ideology and American Foreign Policy

Author: Zhou Qi
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: It is not uncommon to find works in China that discuss the democratic, free, and rights-based values of Americans as part of U.S. ideology. However, there are very few studies that explore the connection between U.S. ideology and U.S. foreign policy. The research in this book can be said to have pioneered a new field of study. The book takes the analysis and organization of the two fundamental components of U.S. ideology—liberalism and conservatism—as the hub of the entire analytical framework. It conducts an in-depth investigation of the theme of "ideology and U.S. foreign policy" from both vertical and horizontal perspectives, thereby establishing a complete analytical framework and structure for "ideology and U.S. foreign policy."
Vertically, the book primarily discusses the origins of U.S. ideology, "American exceptionalism," "Manifest Destiny," and "ideology and early U.S. foreign policy" from the perspective of U.S. history, providing readers with a vertical and historical thread for understanding U.S. ideology. Horizontally, the book shows the links between ideology and foreign policy, such as the manifestations of ideology in U.S. foreign policy, including human rights diplomacy, the relationship between pluralism and foreign policy, anti-communism and U.S. foreign policy, and the interaction between public opinion shaping and foreign policy.
Of course, based on a panoramic and comprehensive analysis of the interaction between ideology and U.S. foreign policy, the book also provides a precise analysis of the various manifestations of ideological factors in U.S. foreign policy toward China. The book has a complete structure, clear reasoning, rigorous logic, sufficient arguments, targeted analysis, and fair conclusions. In many of its discussions, it is quite outstanding and in-depth, making it a rare and excellent work in related field research in recent years.