JHU SAIS Professor Michael Mandelbaum Publishes New Book on the Role of the United States in the World
Washington, D.C. - 02/1/2006 - Michael Mandelbaum, Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy and director of the American Foreign Policy Program at The Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), has recently published The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World's Government in the 21st Century. New York publisher PublicAffairs released the book in January.
How does the United States use its enormous power in the world? Mandelbaum says the United States furnishes to other countries the services that governments provide within the countries they govern.
Mandelbaum details how this role came about despite the fact that neither the United States nor any other country sought to establish it. He describes the contributions that American power makes to global security and prosperity, the shortcomings of American foreign policy, and how other countries have come to accept, resent and exert influence on America's global role. Lastly, he assesses the prospects for the continuation of this role, which depends most importantly on whether the American public is willing to pay for it.
Written with Mandelbaum's characteristic blend of clarity, wit and profound understanding of America and the world, The Case for Goliath offers a fresh and surprising approach to an issue that obsesses citizens and policymakers the world over, as well as a major statement on the foreign policy issues confronting the American people today.
Mandelbaum is one of the nation's leading authorities on American foreign policy and international relations and the author or co-author of ten books, including The Ideas That Conquered The World: Peace, Democracy and Free Markets in the Twenty-First Century. He also writes a regular foreign affairs column for Newsday.
SAIS is one of the country's leading graduate schools devoted to the study of international relations. Located along Embassy Row in Washington's Dupont Circle area, the school enrolls more than 450 full-time graduate students and mid-career professionals and has trained more than 12,000 alumni in all aspects of international affairs.
To schedule an interview with Michael Mandelbaum or to request a review copy of the book, contact Whitney Peeling at PublicAffairs at 212.397.6666 x234 or [email protected].