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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... troops embarked for Bosnia in support of a U.S.- brokered accord that pinned its hopes for maintaining a single Bosnian state , in part , on the “ free and fair ” elections held in September 1996 . In all , the United States has ...
... troops occupied Bosnia to put an end to ethnic cleansing and teach the Bosnians how to elect good men . From 1898 to 1996 liberal America managed to launch ninety - three military interventions despite the constraints that republican ...
... troops of either the Army or Marine Corps in an active 1. I thank Herbert Tillema for sharing his data set with me . Pearson and Baumann's data set was acquired from the Inter - University Consortium for Political and Social Research ...
... troops or forces ... of one country into the territory or territorial waters of another country , or forceful military action by troops already stationed by one country inside another , in the context of some political issue or dispute ...
... troops . Domestic actors will react strongly to indirect interventions if they are convinced that escalation is probable and the consequences of escalation undesirable . This can generate the domestic political dynamics suggested by the ...
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 |