Undoing the Liberal World Order: Progressive Ideals and Political Realities Since World War II

by Leon Fink

Book Overview

In the decades following World War II, American liberals had a vision for the world. Their ambitions would not stop at the water's edge: progressive internationalism, they believed, could help peoples everywhere achieve democracy, prosperity, and freedom. Chastened in part by the failures of these grand aspirations, in recent years liberals and the Left have retreated from such idealism. Today, as a beleaguered United States confronts a series of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231202253
• ISBN13: 9780231202251
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"