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The Great Delusion

Liberal Dreams and International Realities

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The Great Delusion

Written by: John J. Mearsheimer
Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
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A major theoretical statement by a distinguished political scholar explains why a policy of liberal hegemony is doomed to fail

In this major statement, the renowned international-relations scholar John Mearsheimer argues that liberal hegemony, the foreign policy pursued by the United States since the Cold War ended, is doomed to fail. It makes far more sense, he maintains, for Washington to adopt a more restrained foreign policy based on a sound understanding of how nationalism and realism constrain great powers abroad.

It is widely believed in the West that the United States should spread liberal democracy across the world, foster an open international economy, and build institutions. This policy of remaking the world in America’s image is supposed to protect human rights, promote peace, and make the world safe for democracy. But this is not what has happened. Instead, the United States has ended up as a highly militarized state fighting wars that undermine peace, harm human rights, and threaten liberal values at home. Mearsheimer tells us why this has happened.

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some basic home truths about liberalism that can't be wished away. thought provoking and for liberals will require their system of thought to be 're evaluated.

challenging neo liberal hegemony

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Good insight into the polity destined to govern the modern world by great powers and their impact on foreign and domestic politics.

Policy making rule.

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interesting perspectives of liberalism, its pros and cons, the different types of liberalism, How liberal is liberalism towards illeberals .

Honest view of the western hypocrisy

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The author offers nothing really new and keeps on repeating the same argument that nationalism and realism matter more than liberalism throughout the book.

Extremely repetitive

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