Overview
Examines the underlying motivations for replacing autocratic regimes with democratic ones
Presents a balanced examination of American attempts at aggressive democracy promotion, taken from both comparative politics and international relations perspectives
Focuses on why American leaders continue to be fascinated with the idea installing democracy despite the fact that this policy is so often unsuccessful
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- American military interventions
- Post World War II
- forced democracy
- democracy promotion
- military invasion
- USA
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Panama
- Afghanistan
- Iraq
- Iraq invasion
- democratic regime
- political science
- FD intervention
- forced democracy strategy
- invasion of the Dominican Republic
- George H.W. Bush invasion of Panama
- George W. Bush invasion of Iraq
- democratic studies
- democracy
About this book
This book explores the motivations behind American military interventions in the Post-World War II era that purported to replace autocratic regimes with democratic ones. It delves into the Forced Democracy (FD) phenomenon, focusing on its intellectual roots and previous attempts to study it in the academic literature. The author examines five American interventions that attempted to replace autocratic regimes with democratic ones—The Dominican Republic, Grenada, Panama, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Each chapter includes a history of the intervention and an assessment of whether America’s intentions and actions toward that particular country were actually focused on delivering a democratic outcome.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Scott Walker is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at United Arab Emirates University, UAE.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: American Foreign Policy and Forced Regime Change Since World War II
Book Subtitle: Forcing Freedom
Authors: Scott Walker
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11232-5
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-11231-8Published: 30 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-11232-5Published: 16 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 144
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Democracy, Foreign Policy, Military and Defence Studies, US Politics, International Security Studies