American Hegemony: Political Morality in a One-Superpower World

By Lea Brilmayer

Book Overview

Is it morally acceptable for one nation to be the world's policeman? Are there circumstances under which one nation has either the right or the obligation to dominate the others? This important and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300060335
• ISBN13: 9780300060331
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent analysis and responses to the neo-left

Ms. Brilmayer shows an exceptional talent for penetrating analysis of international affairs, providing a strong case for a "liberalist" approach to American Hegemony. She also answers many of the modern leftist thinkers, by providing excellent answers to arguments such as "cultural relativism" as a reason that America has no right to intervene in other countries.