Democracy at the Point of BayonetsPenn State Press, 1999 M08 15 - 272 páginas No country has worked harder to coerce others to adopt liberal institutions than the United States. This book examines the promotion of democracy during U.S. military interventions in the twentieth century, showing it to be one of the central ways in which the United States attempts to reconcile the potential contradictions involved in being a liberal great power. Examining interventions from the Spanish-American War through recent actions in Bosnia, Mark Peceny shows how the United States has encouraged the institution of free elections and other liberal reforms—often at the point of bayonets. Peceny applies statistical analysis to ninety-three cases of intervention and presents six case studies: Cuba and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War, Vietnam during the Kennedy administration, El Salvador during Reagan's first term, and Clinton's interventions in Haiti and Bosnia. By forging a synthesis of realist and domestic liberal approaches, Peceny illuminates the roles that both security concerns and liberal values play in the formulation and implementation of foreign policy. He shows how presidents often initially choose proliberalization policies to serve U.S. security interests and how Congress exerts pressure when presidents fail to take the initiative. Under these circumstances, he shows, presidents use the promotion of democracy to build domestic political consensus and to legitimize interventions. Although the United States has failed to promote democracy in most interventions, Peceny demonstrates that it has often had a profound and positive impact on the democratization of target states. His study offers new insight into the relationship between American power, the promotion of democracy, and prospects for the liberal peace in the decades to come. |
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... lead to extreme caution in the practice of potentially costly interventions . Nevertheless , in a world in which the ... leads to successful democratization . A broad exami- nation of twentieth - century U.S. interventions suggests that ...
... leads to the most comprehensive list of cases , including many uses of air or naval power not captured by the other data sets . They also include more than two dozen cases , most involving the evacuation of U.S. personnel from conflict ...
... lead some to question whether these observations are truly independent from one another and therefore amenable to statistical analysis . The domestic liberal argument , however , calls for distinguishing between Democratic and ...
... lead to the most opportune circumstances for the promotion of democracy . If U.S. occupation troops dominate a country in which there is no ongoing conflict , the United States possesses great opportunities to impose liberal reforms on ...
... lead to unexpected outcomes ; if not the victory of anti - American forces , then perhaps for other parties at least ... leads policymakers to support existing institutions rather than a very uncertain and possibly dangerous process of ...
Contenido
The SpanishAmerican War and the Foundations of the ProDemocratic | 49 |
The Presidential Path to the Promotion | 83 |
Congressional Pressure and Reagans Policy | 115 |
Democratic Enlargement in Haiti and Bosnia | 149 |
The Impact of U S Intervention on Democratization | 183 |
Leader of the Free World | 217 |
Index | 241 |