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FRANCIS FUKUYAMA Author of The End of History and the Lost Mon AMERICAN CROSSROADS DEMOCRACY. POWER, AND NEOCONSERVATIVE LEGACY $25.00 F rancis Fukuyama's criticism of the Iraq war put him at odds with neo- conservative friends both within and outside the Bush administration. Here he explains how, in its decision to invade Iraq, the Bush administration failed in its steward ship of American foreign policy. First, the ad ministration wrongly made preventive war the central tenet of its foreign policy. In addition, it badly misjudged the global reaction to its exercise of "benevolent hegemony." And final ly, it failed to appreciate the difficulties in volved in large-scale social engineering, grossly underestimating the difficulties involved in estab lishing a successful democratic government in Iraq. Fukuyama explores the contention by the Bush administration's critics that it had a neo- conservative agenda that dictated its foreign policy during the president's first term. Provid ing a fascinating history of the varied strands of neoconservative thought since the 1930s, Fukuyama argues that the movement's legacy is a complex one that can be interpreted quite differently than it was after the end of the Cold War. Analyzing the Bush administration's mis calculations in responding to the post-Septem ber 1 1 challenge, Fukuyama proposes a new approach to American foreign policy through which such mistakes might be turned around- one in which the positive aspects of the neo- conservative legacy are joined with a more realistic view of the way American power can be used around the world. Francis Fukuyama is Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy and director of the International Development Program at the School of Advanced Interna tional Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He has written widely on political and economic development, and his previous books include The End of History and the Last Man, a best seller and the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. CASTLE LECTURE SERIES Printed in the U.S.A. "Francis Fukuyama here gives the most lucid and knowledgeable account of the neoconservative vision of America's place and role in world affairs, and where it has overreached disastrously. He argues effectively for an American foreign policy more aware of the limits of American power, less dependent on the military, and more respectful of the interests and opinions of other countries and emerging international norms and institutions." NATHAN GLAZER Harvard University YALE UNIVER Ç I TV PI New Haven and London ISBN 0-300-1 1 399-4 5 2 500 The Castle Lectures in Ethics, Politics, and Economics America at the Crossroads DEMOCRACY, POWER, A ND T HE N E O C O N S E R V A T I VE LEGACY Francis Fukuyama YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW HAVEN AND LONDON Copyright © 2006 by Francis Fukuyama. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fukuyama, Francis. America at the crossroads : democracy, power, and the neoconservative legacy / Francis Fukuyama. p. cm.—(The Castle lectures in ethics, politics, and economics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-300-11399-0 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-300-11399-4 (alk- paper) 1. United States—Foreign relations—2001- 2. Conservatism—United States. 3. United States—Military policy. 4. Iraq War, 2003- 5. Hegemony—United States. 6. Democracy. 7. International relations. I. Title. II. Series. JZ1480.F85 2006 327.73—dc22 2005029370 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 Parts of this book were given as the Castle Lectures in Yale's Program in Ethics, Politics, and Economics, delivered by Francis Fukuyama in 2005. The Castle Lectures were endowed by Mr. John K. Castle. They honor his ancestor the Reverend James Pierpont, one of Yale's original founders. Given by established public figures, Castle Lectures are intended to promote reflection on the moral foundations of society and government and to enhance understanding of ethical issues facing individuals in our complex modern society.
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