Why does the United States promote democracy? How successful has it been? And why do critics often attack it for doing so? These are some of the questions examined by a distinguished group of analysts, in this wide-ranging discussion of American efforts to recast the international order in its own political image.

Introduction ; PART I: US DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN THEORY ; 1. Peace, Liberty and Democracy: Realists and Liberals Contest a Legacy ; 2. US Democracy Promotion: Realist Reflections ; 3. US Democracy Promotion: Critical Questions ; PART II: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION AS US GRAND STRATEGY? ; 4. National Security Liberalism and American Foreign Policy ; 5. America's Liberal Grand Strategy: Democracy and National Security in the Post-War Era ; 6. America's Identity, Democracy Promotion and National Interests: Beyond Realism, Beyond Idealism ; PART III: US DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: THE DOMESTIC CONTEXT ; 7. Promotion of Democracy as a Popular Demand? ; 8. Taking Stock of US Democracy Assistance ; 9. High Stakes and Low Intensity Democracy: Understanding America's Policy of Promoting Democracy ; 10. Wilsonianism Resurgent? The Clinton Administration and the Promotion of Democracy ; PART IV: US DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN PRACTICE ; 11. Russia: Limping along towards American Democracy? ; 12. Three Frameworks in Search of a Policy: US Democracy Promotion in Asia-Pacific ; 13. The Impasse of Third World Democratization: Africa Revisited ; 14. Promoting Capitalist Polyarchy: The Case of Latin America ; 15. American Power, Neo-Liberal Globalization and Low Intensity Democracy: an Unstable Trinity

`This is a hugely impressive collection of essays, viewpoints and analyses. It represents the most important published attempt to come to grips with an issue which lies at the heart of contemporary international politics.' John Dumbrell, The World Today, Vol.57, No.1, Jan 01. `This superb collection of essays tackles the swirl of debates and questions surrounding the post-Cold War American promotion of democracy.' John Dumbrell, The World Today, Vol. 57, No.1, Jan 01. `Consisting of fifteen illuminating essays, American Democracy Promotion offers a vigorous debate about the current direction of U.S. Foreign Policy. Anyone interested in international affairs-which should be all of us-should read this truly path-breaking book.' Douglas Brinkley, Director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies and Professor of History at the University of New Orleans Whether and to what purpose democracy can be further encouraged constitutes a vital set of issues for theory and policy. This substantial review, by an international group of high-profile scholars, deserves attention. Bruce Russett, Yale University This excellent volume brings together a diverse group of prominent scholars to examine a surprisingly little-studied phenomenon, given that it is a central element in American foreign policy: the promotion of global democracy. Examining the domestic and international context of democracy promotion as well as its history and theory, this wide-ranging book will become a central fixture in the growing literature on the relationship between democracy and international affairs. Bruce Cumings, University of Chicago `This is a probing and fascinating examination of the role of democracy-promotion in the past history and current practice of United States foreign policy. For anyone interested in this subject, this book is indispensable.' Melvyn Leffley, University of Virginia