Description: Invincible Ignorance in American Foreign PolicyThe Triumph of Ideology over Evidence Author(s): Robert P. Newman Format: Paperback Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, United States Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc ISBN-13: 9781433121326, 978-1433121326 Synopsis This book is a review of major post-World War II American foreign policy decisions made by authorities who were blinded by ideology. In each of the nine situations examined, accurate evidence was available and even known to many of the decision makers, but chauvinism, anti-Communism, or willful left-wing or right-wing ideological predilections carried the day. In the preface, Newman takes as his guiding light the words of Corey Robin: "The twentieth century, it's said, taught us a simple lesson about politics: of all the motivations for political action, none is as lethal as ideology. The lust for money may be distasteful, the desire for power ignoble, but neither will drive its devotees to the criminal excess of an idea on the march." The analytical-critical essays comprising this volume sweep across the post-war period, from the Hiroshima decision through Bush and Iraq. Government documents, scholarly analyses, and Newman's own acerbic arguments both entertain and inform readers.
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Book Title: Invincible Ignorance in American Foreign Policy
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Name: Invincible Ignorance in American Foreign Policy: the Triumph of Ideology over Evidence
Language: English
Publisher: Peter Lang
Item Height: 225 mm
Subject: Government, Politics, History
Publication Year: 2012
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 310 g
Author: Robert P. Newman
Item Width: 150 mm
Series: Frontiers in Political Communication
Format: Paperback
